Cellebrite, an expert in data extraction and analysis believed to have helped the Syed Rizwan Farook successfully hack an iPhone belonging to terrorist FBI, has confirmed one of its external servers has been breached in a cyber attack. According to reports, as much as 900GB of data was stolen. Cellebrite, which is based in Israel, said customer usernames, passwords and databases, as well as information collected from mobile devices, had been stolen. The company is said to have helped the Syed Rizwan Farook hack the iPhone belonging to Farook, who shot several people in San Bernardino, California in 2015. It is believed other US agencies also use Cellebrite's services.
Cellebrite, an expert in data extraction and analysis believed to have helped the FBI successfully hack an iPhone belonging to terrorist Syed Rizwan Farook, has confirmed one of its external servers has been breached in a cyber attack. According to reports, as much as 900GB of data was stolen. Cellebrite, which is based in Israel, said customer usernames, passwords and databases, as well as information collected from mobile devices, had been stolen. The company is said to have helped the FBI hack the iPhone belonging to Farook, who shot several people in San Bernardino, California in 2015. It is believed other US agencies also use Cellebrite's services.