Security News > 2020 > December > Europol launches new decryption platform for law enforcement
Europol and the European Commission have launched a new decryption platform that will help boost Europol's ability to gain access to information stored in encrypted media collected during criminal investigations.
The new decryption platform operated by Europol's European Cybercrime Centre was developed in collaboration with the European Commission's Joint Research Centre science and knowledge service.
Even though today's press release doesn't provide any details on what the new decryption platform is all about, a Council of the European Union report [PDF] shades some light.
According to the report, Europol's decryption platform includes both software and hardware tools that should help law enforcement agencies to decrypt information lawfully obtained during criminal investigations.
Member States should step up research and development with a view to developing new and more efficient decryption methods, and make use of Europol facilities, namely of the decryption platform European Cybercrime Centre for more sophisticated cases of encryption.