
Case 115: Operation Cathedral
Casefile True Crime
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IHAND, Raven One and Jaz - The Secret Chat Room
Gary Salt, 36, befriended nine-year-old Lucy through his daughter. He groomed her over a period of several months and took indecent images of her. His electronic trail led to Wonderland's secret chat room where he operated under the username Jazz. Facing life in prison for his crimes, Salt agreed to grant police access to Wonderland in return for a reduced sentence. Two computer consultants from specialist companies were recruited to work on the case full-time. It was their job to sift through Wonderland's extensive data and defeat the digital security designed to keep them out. Without his assistance, it would have taken 400 officers 44 years to unravel the layers of encrypted information required to gain access
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