A former Liverpool youth footballer has been jailed for supplying drugs after a judge ruled that messages and data harvested by police from the EncroChat encrypted phone network can be lawfully used as evidence in the case. The case, known as Embossed II, was the “lead case” in a long-running legal argument over whether evidence… Continue reading Court finds EncroChat hacked messages admissible as former footballer is jailed
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Police worker could have put investigation into EncroChat encrypted phone network at risk
A police employee put an international operation, aimed at harvesting messages from the EncroChat encrypted phone network widely used by organised crime, at risk after tipping off a criminal friend. Natalie Mottram, 24, who had been seconded as an intelligence analyst at the North West Regional Organised Crime Unit, pleaded guilty to offences including… Continue reading Police worker could have put investigation into EncroChat encrypted phone network at risk