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The Narco Hack

2026SeriesKsenia Bolchakova / Simon Bouisson
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Investigators enter an encrypted criminal network

The Narco Hack follows European cybercrime specialists trying to infiltrate Sky ECC, an encrypted messaging system used by organised-crime networks. The three-part documentary treats access to those communications as a major investigative turning point: a space believed to be secure becomes a source of information for police.

Unhackable introduces the technical and operational challenge. Under Surveillance follows what happens after investigators gain access, including intelligence concerning large drug shipments, kidnapping, torture and murder-for-hire plots. One storyline concerns authorities using that information to intervene while a crime is taking place.

A huge intelligence archive and a legal challenge

Sky Fall turns to the aftermath of the operation and the task of working through billions of messages. The series also follows the legal battle surrounding how the information was obtained. A technological breakthrough is therefore followed by a different question: how the material can be used and challenged within criminal proceedings.

Ksenia Bolchakova and Simon Bouisson are credited as directors, with Alexandra Jousset and Dominique Tibi producing. The narrative moves from infiltration to surveillance and then consequences, keeping the workings of a digital system connected to the investigations and institutional decisions that follow its exposure.

Episodes

S01 · E01

Unhackable

European cybercrime specialists work to infiltrate Sky ECC, the popular encrypted messaging app used by drug traffickers.

S01 · E02

Under Surveillance

Having infiltrated Sky ECC, authorities use their newfound intel to get a live glimpse into a vast criminal underworld.

S01 · E03

Sky Fall

As Sky ECC falls, investigators are left to comb through billions of messages. Later, authorities face a legal battle over the operation.

Episode descriptions: TVmaze · CC BY-SA 4.0

Film details

Format
Documentary series
Release year
2026
Premiere date
2026-10-23
Director
Ksenia Bolchakova, Simon Bouisson
Language
French
Episode runtime
44 min

Catalogue information: TVmaze · CC BY-SA 4.0