Law enforcement agencies joined forces to take down career criminals using EncroChat’s encrypted messaging system.
The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has arrested 746 career criminals after intercepting millions of encrypted text messages. NCA
The messages were sent through a subscription-based phone system called EncroChat which costs roughly $1,994 per month. For that price, the criminals received a customized Android smartphone which had its GPS, camera and microphone functionality physically removed.
While these devices ship with Android and have numerous encrypted messaging apps installed on them, they also have a secure secondary operating system and can be wiped by entering a PIN thanks to a self-destruct feature.encrypted messaging appsOne of the biggest websites in the UK is fueled by criminal activityfueled by criminal activityThis highly stealthy malware might infect your device without you ever knowingmight infect your device without you ever knowinge-Crime is the top threat businesses are facingtop threat businesses are facing
Up until recently, EncroChat had customers in 140 countries before its network was hacked by French police.
