Documents Prove Local Cops Have Bought Cheap iPhone Cracking Tech - Motherboard

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

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> From: Duncan Elkins <duncan () duncanelkins com>
> Date: March 10, 2018 at 10:50:51 AM EST
> To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
> Subject: Documents Prove Local Cops Have Bought Cheap iPhone Cracking Tech - Motherboard
>
> (For IP, if you wish)
>
> https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/xw5bqz/documents-prove-local-cops-have-bought-cheap-iphone-cracking-tech
>
> GrayShift is a new company that promises to unlock even iPhones running the latest version of iOS for a relatively 
> cheap price.
>
> In a sign of how hacking technology often trickles down from more well-funded federal agencies to local bodies, at 
> least one regional police department has already signed up for GrayShift’s services, according to documents and 
> emails obtained by Motherboard.
>
> As Forbes reported on Monday, GrayShift is an American company which appears to be run by an ex-Apple security 
> engineer and others who have long held contracts with intelligence agencies. In its marketing materials, GrayShift 
> offers a tool called GrayKey, an offline version of which costs $30,000 and comes with an unlimited number of uses. 
> For $15,000, customers can instead buy the online version, which grants 300 iPhones unlocks.
>
> This is what the Indiana State Police bought, judging by a purchase order obtained by Motherboard. The document, 
> dated February 21, is for one GrayKey unit costing $500, and a “GrayKey annual license—online—300 uses,” for $14,500. 
> The order, and an accompanying request for quotation, indicate the unlocking service was intended for Indiana State 
> Police’s cybercrime department. A quotation document emblazoned with GrayShift’s logo shows the company gave Indiana 
> State Police a $500 dollar discount for their first year of the service.
>
> Importantly, according to the marketing material cited by Forbes, GrayKey can unlock iPhones running modern versions 
> of Apple’s mobile operating system, such as iOS 10 and 11, as well as the most up to date Apple hardware, like the 
> iPhone 8 and X.
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