BlackBerry Phone Cracked
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Australia is reporting that a BlackBerry device has been cracked after five years:
An encrypted BlackBerry device that was cracked five years after it was first seized by police is poised to be the key piece of evidence in one of the state’s longest-running drug importation investigations.
In April, new technology “capabilities” allowed authorities to probe the encrypted device….
No details about those capabilities.
Tags: Australia, BlackBerry, cracking, crime, drug trade, encryption, law enforcement, phones
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