Fabio Ciucci on LinkedIn [1/6]: Police infiltrated the Dutch #Encrochat encrypted phone system, arrested 746 criminals involved in murder & drug trafficking. Seized £54 mln cash, 1.5 tn cocaine, 28 mln pills, drug labs, 55 luxury cars, 80 firearms. 200 potential murders averted.
Fabio Ciucci on LinkedIn [2/6]: About 60,000 users (mostly in Europe and the Middle East) paid £3,000 a year for an #Encrochat modified BQ Aquaris X2 Android phone, the gangster's industry standard. #cybercrime
Fabio Ciucci on LinkedIn [3/6]: In March, the French police uploaded #malware for the X2 device that disabled the data wiping and recorded all before #encryption, enabling the reading of 100 million messages by UK, Dutch, French, etc. investigators.
Fabio Ciucci on LinkedIn [4/6]: In June, #Encrochat found out, warned its users about being hacked and urged to trash the devices: #police had to be quick to arrest the criminals before they could cover their tracks.
Fabio Ciucci on LinkedIn [5/6]: #Encrochat competitors are increasing sales but criminals now don't know what devices to trust. In the past, Phantom Secure, used by the #Sinaloa drug cartel, was also shut down by the #police.
Fabio Ciucci on LinkedIn [6/6]: The #police claimed that hacking into #Encrochat private messages was lawful and that users in good faith can ask their personal data deletion from the investigation archives by sending a request to the #police.
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