Cellebrite, 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 \u00ab\u00a0unauthorised access to an external web server\u00a0\u00bb. It is now investigating the cause of the breach.
\u00ab\u00a0The 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,\u00a0\u00bb it said.
\u00ab\u00a0Presently, 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. \u00a0\u00bb
It added that it did not believe there was any significant risk to customers as a result of the incident, but customers were nevertheless advised to change their passwords. Customers are also being notified of the incident.
\u00ab\u00a0The company is working with relevant authorities regarding this illegal action and are assisting in their investigation,\u00a0\u00bb it said.
It does not appear the attack has any relation to the work the company did helping the FBI crack the iPhone’s security.<\/p>\n