The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation was able to monitor more than 800 calls on the BlackBerry encrypted system used by Guzman’s organization, court heard. Rodriguez testified that Guzman later had him install software that allowed him to spy on roughly 100 members of Guzman's organization and family. “He didn’t like to write on the computer,” Rodriguez testified. “It was like his toy,” Rodriguez testified through a Spanish-language interpreter. “In a global landscape, encrypted communications are vital for any criminal organization,” Luis Horacio Najera said in an interview.

Source: thestar January 11, 2019 18:06 UTC