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Investigatory Powers Tribunal finds NCA EncroChat hacking warrants were lawful

The National Crime Agency lawfully obtained warrants to receive messages from the hacked EncroChat encrypted phone network widely used by organised criminals, a court has found. The Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) rejected claims from defence lawyers that the NCA with-held critical information when it applied to a senior judge for a warrant to obtain messages from the encrypted phone network. But in a significant legal move the IPT referred questions about the legal admissibility of the Encr...
United Kingdom Nord Pas De Calais Emma Sweeting Jeremy Decou Crown Court National Crime Agency

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Conversation between two police officers formed basis of EncroChat warrant, court hears

The National Crime Agency (NCA) received a warrant to covertly harvest hundreds of thousands of messages from the EncroChat encrypted mobile phone network, on the basis of a conversation between a French and a British law enforcement official that was not confirmed in writing
United Kingdom Jeremy Decou James Willmott Emma Sweeting Brendon Moore National Crime Agency

EncroChat hack case: RAM, bam... what? Data in transit is data at rest, rules UK Court of Appeal

Thats the Snoopers Charter in action for you Gareth Corfield Mon 8 Feb 2021 // 16:34 UTC Share Copy British prosecutors can make use of evidence gathered by the French and Dutch police from encrypted messaging service EncroChat’s servers thanks to a legal interpretation of whether RAM counts as data storage, the Court of Appeal has ruled. The judgment, handed down on the afternoon of 5 February, has far-reaching repercussions for criminal defendants identified and arre...
United Kingdom Justice Whipple Justice Edis Neil Brown National Crime Agency High Court

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