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FBI Apple iPhone hackers Cellebrite falls victim to web hack

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NewsHubCellebrite, the Israeli company that helped the FBI hack into an encrypted Apple iPhone 5C last year, has fallen victim to hackers itself.
The company has admitted it on its website, with a statement that there was “unauthorised access to an external web server”. It is now investigating the cause of the breach.
“The impacted server included a legacy database backup of my. Cellebrite, the company’s end user licence management system. The company had previously migrated to a new user accounts system,” it said.
“Presently, it is known that the information accessed includes basic contact information of users registered for alerts or notifications on Cellebrite products and hashed passwords for users who have not yet migrated to the new system.

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