French law enforcement have deployed malware to Encrochat devices in the effort to infiltrate criminal networks. Encrochat is largely used on Andriod phones using an encrypted network for communication, hence its popularity within organised crime including drug trafficking.
The malware deployed has the ability to harvest all the data sorted on the phone from messages and geolocations to passwords. This hacking operation has been said to be one of the biggest in law enforcement to date with investigators gathering over a hundred million encrypted messages.
