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BlackBerry's Encryption Hacked; Backups Now a Risk

Posted by Soulskill on from the good-news-for-india dept.

GMGruman writes "InfoWorld blogger Martin Heller reveals that a Russian passcode-breaker developer has broken the encryption used in BlackBerry backups. That can help recover data when passwords are lost, but also gives data thieves access to a treasure trove of corporate secrets. And the developer boasts that it was easier to crack the BlackBerry encryption than it was to crack Apple's iOS."

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  1. Re:why was it easier? by Fantastic+Lad · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    was the encryption scheme weaker, or were disgruntled RIM employees more willing to hand over the keys than disgruntled apple employees?

    I was going to say something about some secret service handing them over in the interests of further locking down the public in fear-mode in order to justify the sale of more human rights at fire-sale prices. After all, we've been primed with several bits of knowledge, (Obama uses a Blackberry! Russians Under The Bed are back in vogue!).

    I mean, doesn't the CIA (or whoever) require a backdoor key? Don't they have the technology to break any public encryption at will? Of course they do!

    This is all about population culling. That's what this phony war on terror is all about. Ramming this awful police state into place asap. Do you think they're not going to USE that police state? Of course they are. Those empty camps aren't going to be empty much longer.

    Jeez. When Jon Stewart has obviously been cowed into submission, you know the end is near.

    -FL