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03-26-2016, 03:41 AM
Who can hack an iPhone for the FBI? Clues point to Cellebrite in Israel.
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The FBI has been trying to hack into the iPhone used by the San Bernardi** shooter for months (http://mashable.com/category/apple-vs.-the-fbi/). But this week, when the Justice Department suddenly an**unced that a mysterious "outside party" was helping investigators access the data, security experts wondered who might be capable of *****ing Apple's encryption.
**w, all eyes are on an Israeli cybersecurity company whose past connections and recent movements suggest it may be the FBI's white knight.
SEE ALSO: Monday's Apple event wasn't the most interesting because it had bigger things on its mind (http://mashable.com/2016/03/21/apple-**t-most-interesting/)
Israeli newspaper*Yedioth Aharo**t*reported (http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4782246,00.html) Wednesday that the*unidentified party is Cellebrite (http://www.cellebrite.com/), based just outside Tel Aviv. But the FBI*and Cellebrite have refused to confirm any relationship. And on Thursday, unnamed law enforcement officials speaking on background to USA Today (http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2016/03/24/fbis-comey-officials-discount-two-iphone-hack-theories/82209428/) squashed reports of a partnership. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/25/fbi-iphone-cellebrite/)
More about Cellebrite (http://mashable.com/category/cellebrite/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Apple (http://mashable.com/category/apple/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Iphone (http://mashable.com/category/iphone/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Fbi (http://mashable.com/category/fbi/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Apple Vs. The Fbi (http://mashable.com/category/apple-vs.-the-fbi/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/cXcqLECIfF0
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The FBI has been trying to hack into the iPhone used by the San Bernardi** shooter for months (http://mashable.com/category/apple-vs.-the-fbi/). But this week, when the Justice Department suddenly an**unced that a mysterious "outside party" was helping investigators access the data, security experts wondered who might be capable of *****ing Apple's encryption.
**w, all eyes are on an Israeli cybersecurity company whose past connections and recent movements suggest it may be the FBI's white knight.
SEE ALSO: Monday's Apple event wasn't the most interesting because it had bigger things on its mind (http://mashable.com/2016/03/21/apple-**t-most-interesting/)
Israeli newspaper*Yedioth Aharo**t*reported (http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4782246,00.html) Wednesday that the*unidentified party is Cellebrite (http://www.cellebrite.com/), based just outside Tel Aviv. But the FBI*and Cellebrite have refused to confirm any relationship. And on Thursday, unnamed law enforcement officials speaking on background to USA Today (http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2016/03/24/fbis-comey-officials-discount-two-iphone-hack-theories/82209428/) squashed reports of a partnership. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/25/fbi-iphone-cellebrite/)
More about Cellebrite (http://mashable.com/category/cellebrite/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Apple (http://mashable.com/category/apple/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Iphone (http://mashable.com/category/iphone/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Fbi (http://mashable.com/category/fbi/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Apple Vs. The Fbi (http://mashable.com/category/apple-vs.-the-fbi/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/cXcqLECIfF0