"Commander Paula Hudson is head of…
"Commander Paula Hudson is head of Operation Kraken and spoke exclusively to 7.30 about the AFP's ability to infiltrate the Ghost app in March this year, which gave them access to 125,000 messages sent by users."
"The breakthrough in cracking Ghost came from a technical branch of the AFP affectionately referred to as "uber nerds".
Commander Rob Nelson is head of AFP's Covert and Technical team and he told 7.30 that the AFP will allege the Narwee-based man regularly pushing updates to devices with the encrypted app provided his team with the opportunity they needed.
The technical solution created by the AFP used to infiltrate the app is world-first and is a process that could not be replicated in countries like Sweden where the app Ghost is also used.
"Now we have to put what we've done before [an Australian] court and demonstrate to them the method which we've employed and give them confidence that was lawful," Commander Nelson said."