• 000999@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    The investigation accelerated in early 2019 after receiving EU funding.[2] At the end of January 2020, a judge in Lille, France, authorized the infiltration of the EncroChat servers.[23] Intelligence and technical collaboration between the NCA, the National Gendarmerie and Dutch police culminated in gaining access to messages after the National Gendarmerie put a “technical tool” on EncroChat’s servers in France.[20][22][1] The malware allowed them to read messages before they were sent and record lock screen passwords. Messages could be read by law enforcement beginning in April.[12] EncroChat estimated that around 50 percent of devices in Europe were affected in June 2020.[1][17]

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      1 year ago

      OK thank you.

      This is why we need to use a decentralized, end-to-end encrypted messaging service.

      The gubment can not be trusted to keep their hands out of the cookie jar.