Operation Dark Phone: Murder by Text
Series Overview
The incredible inside story of a huge police operation to infiltrate dangerous global crime gangs through their encrypted phone network. Operation Dark Phone : Murder by Text is the inside story the biggest ever joint law enforcement operation against a global network of organised crime groups who believed their encrypted phones were safe. Until a collaboration between international authorities - led in the UK by the National Crime Agency - managed to hack their phones to reveal the astonishing details of their messages. For the first time since the EncroChat network was infiltrated in 2020, the messages sent and the criminals exposed are exclusively revealed in a four part documentary series that tells the story in compelling and shocking detail. For 74 frantic days the authorities could read all the messages and sought to save lives and bring down the gangs, before the criminals realised their data was being captured.
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1 Season • 4 Episodes
46 min per episode
2025 – 2025
Premiered: Sun, Jul 27, 2025
Latest Aired Episode
Season 1, Episode 4: “Episode 4”
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.
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Operation Dark Phone Murder By Text Trailer
Type: Trailer • Published 2025-07-21
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Creative Leadership & Key Crew
Zac Beattie
Zac Beattie, Simon Ford
Department Leadership Roster
Zac Beattie
Producer
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PG: Parental Guidance — Unlikely to upset children 8 and older.
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Parental Guidance — Unlikely to upset children 8 and older.
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What is Operation Dark Phone: Murder by Text about?
The incredible inside story of a huge police operation to infiltrate dangerous global crime gangs through their encrypted phone network. Operation Dark Phone : Murder by Text is the inside story the biggest ever joint law enforcement operation against a global network of organised crime groups who believed their encrypted phones were safe. Until a collaboration between international authorities - led in the UK by the National Crime Agency - managed to hack their phones to reveal the astonishing details of their messages. For the first time since the EncroChat network was infiltrated in 2020, the messages sent and the criminals exposed are exclusively revealed in a four part documentary series that tells the story in compelling and shocking detail. For 74 frantic days the authorities could read all the messages and sought to save lives and bring down the gangs, before the criminals realised their data was being captured.
How many seasons does Operation Dark Phone: Murder by Text have?
Operation Dark Phone: Murder by Text comprises 1 season available to explore.
Who stars in Operation Dark Phone: Murder by Text?
Key cast members in Operation Dark Phone: Murder by Text include Kenny Blyth, Russell Anthony, Chris Eastwood, Ahmed Elmusrati, John Hoye.
Who created or directed Operation Dark Phone: Murder by Text?
Operation Dark Phone: Murder by Text was developed and directed by Zac Beattie.