Leaked Letter Adds to Debate Over EncroChat Evidence

A leaked letter from a French magistrate to the Crown Prosecution Service about the potentially unlawful hacking of an encrypted phone network has been released

Campaigners against the National Crime Agency's use of data hacked from EncroChat by French police protest outside the Old Bailey in London on May 27, 2022. Chris Summers/The Epoch Times

A leaked letter from a French magistrate to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) about the potentially unlawful hacking of an encrypted phone network has been released.

Campaigners are pushing for tests to be carried out to prove their claim the encrypted network, Encrochat, was hacked in a “live intercept” operation, which could lead to hundreds of convictions being overturned.