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How gangland suspects exposed by the hacking of 'mafia WhatsApp' are trying desperately to keep their EncroChat secrets hidden

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direct to your inboxThe hacking of the secret 'EncroChat' communication's network during the summer was a major blow to the big-time criminals who used it to deal in guns and drugs away from prying eyes.For years, the totally legal service allowed 50,000 users around the world - 9,000 of them in the UK - to communicate in the knowledge none of their texts would be uncovered by law enforcement.That ended when investigators hacked into EncroChat's server in Roubaix, northern France, in April, sending bogus updates to devices across the globe which effectively mined the incriminating data criminals wanted so much to conceal.So far more than 1,000 suspects have been arrested in the UK alone and the investigation is nowhere near done.

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