Leaders from the European Union Agency for Network and Information Security and Europol have reached an agreement about the legal lengths to which law enforcement groups may go to access personal information, EurActiv reports. The move is what the report calls a “surprise turn” in discussions between cybersecurity group ENISA’s Udo Helmbrecht and Europol Director Rob Wainwright. Both spoke in favor of strong encryption and stated their dual opposition to back-door encryption. “While this would give investigators lawful access in the event of serious crimes or terrorist threats, it would also increase the attack surface for malicious abuse, which, consequently, would have much wider implications for society,” they said in a statement.
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