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Cellebrite Can Now Unlock Apple iPhone 6, 6 Plus (cyberscoop.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the here-we-go-again dept.

Patrick O'Neill writes: A year after the battle between the FBI and Apple over unlocking an iPhone 5c used by a shooter in the San Bernardino terrorist attack, smartphone cracking company Cellebrite announced it can now unlock the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus for customers at rates ranging from $1,500 to $250,000. The company's newest products also extract and analyze data from a wide range of popular apps including all of the most popular secure messengers around. From the Cyberscoop report: "Cellebrite's ability to break into the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus comes in their latest line of product releases. The newest Cellebrite product, UFED 6.0, boasts dozens of new and improved features including the ability to extract data from 51 Samsung Android devices including the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge, the latest flagship models for Android's most popular brand, as well as the new high-end Google Pixel Android devices."

5 of 104 comments (clear)

  1. Re: $1500 to $250,000 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    "The company charges $1,500 to unlock an individual phone, while a yearly subscription to the service runs for $250,000, according to a report from the Intercept last year."

  2. Re:Pirate vs. Entrepreneur? by guruevi · · Score: 3, Informative

    Cellebrite is an Israeli company, the DMCA does not apply there. Moreover, the only one having a standing regards the DMCA would be Apple, not the victim, and the DMCA does not apply to the sovereign state of the US and thus by extension, law enforcement.

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  3. Re: And that's why by DontBeAMoran · · Score: 3, Funny

    I remember doing that a few decades ago. I worked at ScumSoft, Inc. and since I was very sick the only way to open my office door was to use a photocopy of my face I did a week earlier.

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  4. Re: $1500 to $250,000 by AmiMoJo · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If I were one of the affected manufacturers, I'd get phones unlocked (in another name) and study them carefully when they came back. Maybe even install some spyware to try to figure out what Cellebrite is doing. And then fix those vulnerabilities.

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  5. Re:Sounds like Cellebrite is an enemy of the peopl by TheGratefulNet · · Score: 3

    people need to defend themselves.

    there are hostiles out there that want to do us harm, either now or perhaps, later.

    these hostiles are GOVERNMENTS and CORPORATIONS.

    no one speaks for us, the individual, anymore. both those bad guys want to do us harm and do not have our best interests at heart.

    its time for a revolution. seriously, its over due.

    and if those treasonous corps and govs get punished by mobs, I don't think I'll lose any sleep over that ;)

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