Since the cracking of EncroChat’s E2EE (end-to-end encryption) smartphone communication system in 2020, law enforcement agencies across the world have had a bonanza in convictions and take-downs of serious organised criminal gangs.
According to the UK's National Crime Agency, by October 2023, ‘Operation Venetic' alone led to more than 3,000 arrests with over 1,200 convictions. The NCA also claims to have averted 200 threats t...
To continue reading this article...
Join Computing
- Unlimited access to real-time news, analysis and opinion from the technology industry
- Receive important and breaking news in our daily newsletter
- Be the first to hear about our events and awards programmes
- Join live member only interviews with IT leaders at the ‘IT Lounge’; your chance to ask your burning tech questions and have them answered
- Access to the Computing Delta hub providing market intelligence and research
- Receive our members-only newsletter with exclusive opinion pieces from senior IT Leaders
