- May 4, 2019
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Police departments in major cities have been put on alert over the Flipper Zero hacking tool and expressed concern over its potential use by racially motivated extremists, documents obtained by the Daily Dot show.
In an April 6, 2023 bulletin from the South Dakota Fusion Center (SDFC), which compiles and shares intelligence with law enforcement regarding perceived domestic threats, warnings were given about the possibility of extremist groups seeking to utilize the popular device.
“The NYPD Intelligence and Counterterrorism Bureau (ICB) assesses that racially and ethnically motivated violent extremists (REMVEs) may seek to exploit the hacking capabilities of a new cyber penetration tester, known as the Flipper Zero, in order to bypass access control systems.” the bulletin states.

EXCLUSIVE: Hacking tool Flipper Zero is being tracked by intelligence agencies, who fear white nationalists may deploy it against power grid
'Racially and ethnically motivated violent extremists may seek to exploit the hacking capabilities of a new cyber penetration tester.'
