france info
They won't tell if they got access to the data, but listening to the interview, it is possible they actually did :
"The pilots didn't understand what was going on, we clearly hear it in the registered conversations in the flight deck, there is no panic."
Also a desire to 'protect' the Airbus technology to the public eyes ... ?
"The airplane did not stall, il s'est enfoncé (it has gone deep ?), thanks to the protections."
"The protections have been effective but not understood by the pilots."