miércoles, 23 de noviembre de 2016

Israeli firm can steal phone data in seconds

Israeli firm can steal phone data in seconds





It only takes a few seconds for an employee of one of the world's leading hacking companies to take a locked smartphone and pull the data from it.

Israeli firm Cellebrite's technology provides a glimpse of a world of possibilities accessible to security agencies globally that worry privacy advocates.

The company has contracts in more than 115 countries, many with governments, and it shot to global prominence in March when it was reported the FBI used its technology to crack the iPhone of one of the jihadist-inspired killers in San Bernardino, California.

There have since been reports that Cellebrite was in fact not involved, and the company itself refuses to comment.

 A Cellebrite engineer explains the technology used to unlock smartphones and pull data 

A Cellebrite engineer explains the technology used to unlock smartphones and pull data