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The government has made available the hacking tools online in just $100 which were purchased for breaking into iPhones to handle criminal investigations. These devices were manufactured by Israeli-based company, Cellebrite and which were previously being used by law enforcement agency in various countries; now can be bought from online auction websites such as eBay, Amazon etc.
The price of the tools is typically just a few hundred dollars, however it can differ slightly between 100 to 1,000 dollars, as mentioned in Forbes’ report. While, Cellebrite is selling the similar hacking tool in a new version from 6,000 dollars. But it is considered that the boxes formerly existed for different law enforcement agencies who are now attempting to resell them.
Confidential Data Left Behind
Its useless to state that Cellebrite cannot be anything however distressed that its devices available online ended up. The Israeli company alerted that entire devices must be withdrawn because otherwise, they could exude confidential data about the inquiries they were employed in, the hacking devices that were opened, and various private data.
“Selling or distributing any of your Cellebrite equipment to other organizations is not permitted without written approval from Cellebrite. Since it may be possible for these devices to access private information, we ask that you treat any Cellebrite equipment within your organization with the highest degree of security,” the Israeli company told customers in a mailed notification recently.
A cybersecurity analyst named Matthew Hickey who is also the co-founder of training academy Hacker House, had bought various hacking boxes to examine the data that might be left on second hand units.
“You’d think a forensics device used by law enforcement would be wiped before resale. The sheer volume of these units appearing online is indicative that some may not be renewing Cellebrite and disposing of the units elsewhere,” he is quoted as saying by the cited source.
Selling such hacking devices without erasing the data might reveal the hacked devices details, likely IMEI codes, and perhaps the personal details as well, which the analyst states he did not research. Wi-Fi passwords were merely left behind. Moreover, it appears like the stated hacking tools were employed to enter forcibly in a wide assortment of phones, comprising not merely iPhones, however also the models from Samsung, LG, Motorola and ZTE.
