Phone hacking firm Cellebrite gets hacked, 900 GB of user data stolen

And now in ironic news, Cellebrite, an Israeli company specializing in data extraction and phone hacking services for governments and law enforcement, has been hacked. Motherboard has obtained 900 GB of the company's data through an undisclosed source and has verified its legitimacy, with the company itself later confirming the data breach.

Cellebrite became famous after being linked to FBI's attempts to hack San Bernadino killer Syed Rizwan Farook's iPhone. Its main product is a device called the Universal Forensic Extraction Device (UFED), whose purpose is extracting ...