Three judges have rejected an appeal against the way the National Crime Agency (NCA) obtained a warrant to use data from a hack of an encrypted phone network. In its ruling, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT), led by Mr. Justice Edis, declared the warrant was “lawfully issued” and said, “It is declared that the respondent [the NCA]…

The Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) is due to rule later this month on whether or not a warrant to intercept data on the EncroChat encrypted phone network was obtained legally by the National Crime Agency’s (NCA’s) Operation Venetic, which has led to the convictions of 500 people in the UK. Another 1,000 are awaiting trial…

A National Crime Agency (NCA) officer has denied key facts were deliberately “suppressed” about what discussions took place with French law enforcement in the run-up to the hacking of EncroChat—an encrypted phone network allegedly used by thousands of criminals across Europe—in March 2020. On Friday, Wayne Johns was cross examined by Stephen Kamlish, KC at…