Operation Dark Phone: Murder by Text

Episode 4: Episode 4

July 30, 2025 • 47 min

Sixty days since the authorities first broke into the criminals' messages, it's approaching the beginning of the end of the EncroChat hack, as the owners become suspicious that they've been compromised. But as each batch of messages that have been given to the UK authorities are analysed, more and more criminality is exposed. Analysts reveal that it's the first time that they've ever come across exportation of drugs from the UK, as they discover half a tonne of ecstasy is bound for Australia.