The associate told Motherboard the malware was specifically created for the X2 model. Besides disrupting the wiping feature, the malware was also designed to conceal itself from detection, record the screen lock password, and clone application data.
"Today we had our domain seized illegally by government entities(s) [sic]," a message allegedly sent to Encrochat users published by Dutch crime blog Crimesite reads. "They repurposed our domain to launch an attack to compromise the carbon units,"