- Jan 8, 2011
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Analysis of the data suggests that the hack took place sometime last year.
Cellebrite statement | Link
"Cellebrite -- the Israeli security company famed for helping the FBI crack the iPhone at center of the San Bernardino case -- has been hit by hackers. The attack resulted in the theft of 900GB of data.
While the website Motherboard -- which was handed a copy of the data -- reports that "the cache includes customer information, databases, and a vast amount of technical data regarding Cellebrite's products", the company has downplayed the incident.
Cellebrite confirmed that illegal access to an external server had been detected, and indicated that an investigation is underway. But while Motherboard says that the data dump "includes alleged usernames and passwords for logging into Cellebrite databases connected to the company's my.cellebrite domain", Cellebrite says it is a "legacy database backup" that was breached."
While the website Motherboard -- which was handed a copy of the data -- reports that "the cache includes customer information, databases, and a vast amount of technical data regarding Cellebrite's products", the company has downplayed the incident.
Cellebrite confirmed that illegal access to an external server had been detected, and indicated that an investigation is underway. But while Motherboard says that the data dump "includes alleged usernames and passwords for logging into Cellebrite databases connected to the company's my.cellebrite domain", Cellebrite says it is a "legacy database backup" that was breached."
Cellebrite statement | Link
