Operation Dark Phone: Murder by Text

An extraordinary inside account of a sweeping police operation to penetrate dangerous global crime syndicates through their encrypted mobile network. Operation Dark Phone: Murder by Text chronicles the largest-ever multinational law enforcement effort targeting a global web of organized crime groups who trusted their encrypted devices to stay safe. A collaboration between international authorities, led in the UK by the National Crime Agency, enabled them to hack the phones and reveal the astonishing details of their messages. For the first time since the EncroChat network was infiltrated in 2020, the messages exchanged and the criminals exposed are laid bare in a four-part documentary series, told with compelling and shocking detail. Over 74 frantic days, authorities could read every message, racing to save lives and dismantle the gangs, before the criminals realized their data was being captured.