Data Extraction Company Cellebrite Touts New Software for Cracking iPhones and iPads Running up to iOS 12.3

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https://www.macrumors.com/2019/06/17/cellebrite-can-crack-devices-up-to-ios-12-3/

By Tim Hardwick
MacRumors
June 17, 2019

Israel-based software developer Cellebrite, known for breaking into mobile 
devices like the iPhone to obtain sensitive data, has announced that it 
can now unlock any iOS device running up to iOS 12.3, which was released 
only a month ago.

The firm revealed the capability in a tweet posted late Friday advertising 
UFED Premium, the latest version of its Universal Forensic Extraction 
Device.

On its UFED web page, Cellebrite describes the tool's ability to glean 
forensic data from any iOS device dating back to iOS 7, as well as from 
Android devices made by Samsung, Huawei, LG, and Xiaomi.

The Israel firm describes UFED Premium as "the only on-premise solution 
for law enforcement agencies to unlock and extract crucial mobile phone 
evidence from all iOS and high-end Android devices."

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