The Fall of EncroChat | Deep Dive: Exploring Organized Crime

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In June 2020, EncroChat users received a flurry of panicked messages from the company claiming its encrypted network had been hacked by "government entities". What unravelled was one of the biggest hacks by law enforcement in history, who claimed many of its users are alleged organized criminals in Europe.The hack was said to have revealed a litany of criminal behaviour - drug deals and shipments, money laundering and arms trafficking, corrupt police officers, a planning of a murder and even the discovery of a torture chamber, hidden within a shipping container.But was the hack even legal? And what are the implications for the encrypted communications that many of us use everyday?This podcast was based on the reporting of Joseph Cox at Motherboard, VICE News.Guests:Joseph Cox, Senior Staff Writer at Motherboard, VICE News.Jake Moore, Cyber Security Specialist at ESET.Edouard Klein, Intelligence-Driven Cybersecurity, Sekoia.frTuesday Reitano, Deputy Director of the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime.Reading:How Police Secretly Took Over a Global Phone Network for Organized Crime, MotherboardEncrochat Investigation Finds Corrupt Cops Leaking Information to Criminals, MotherboardEncrypted Phone Network Says It's Shutting Down After Police Hack, MotherboardEuropol, Internet Organized Crime Threat Assessment (iOCTA) 2020 Al Jazeera, Opinion: The EncroChat police hacking sets a dangerous precedentComputerWeekly.com - Berlin court finds EncroChat intercept evidence cannot be used in criminal trialsComputerWeekly.com - Secrecy around EncroChat cryptophone hack breaches French constitution, court hearsPresenter: Jack Meegan-VickersGlobal Initiative Against Transnational Organized...

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