India Buys Cellebrite Technology to Hack Any iPhone

The Indian government is buying the technology that the Israel-based Cellebrite used to aid the FBI unlock the iPhone in the San Bernardino shooting case. The country plans to become the "global go-to place for law enforcement agencies seeking to unlock high security devices," the Economic Times reported.

The FBI reportedly paid close to $one million to the company who helped the bureau in unlocking the iPhone, that concluded the court battle between Apple and the law enforcement agency. The FBI didn't even buy the rights to the unlock method for that price.

FSL to buy the iPhone unlocking technology from Cellebrite

The Indian law enforcement has now struck a deal to purchase the technology that is notorious for unlocking difficult to fissure iPhones and other encrypted phones using hidden vulnerabilities. The country's premier forensic institute located in Gandhinagar, Forensic Scientific discipline Laboratory (FSL), will be ownership this engineering from Cellebrite. Republic of india aims to assist other constabulary enforcement agencies around the world to unlock loftier-security devices.

We are probable to have the technology within a calendar month or then. India will become a global hub for cases where law enforcement is unable to break into phones," a senior Forensic Science Laboratory official said.

At this point, it'southward unclear whether India is buying the exclusive rights to the technology. Even if so, the technology used to unlock the iPhone 5c might not piece of work on the after generations of the iPhone, making information technology useless for more latest devices. It is unknown to what extent this technology has improved and what exactly is the Indian bureau buying. The Indian authorities besides hasn't shared the terms it would brand its services available to other governments.

A senior FSL official said the laboratory had previously sought help from the Israeli firm for a few cases. Merely now the "entire tool" will be caused, making FSL Gandhinagar, the merely place to have this applied science. Other governments and law enforcement agencies that may need such services will have to pay a fee to FSL Gandhinagar.