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Hacking. Disinformation. Surveillance. CYBER is Motherboard's podcast and reporting on the dark underbelly of the internet.
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GrayKey, made by Austin-based Grayshift, is designed to unlock modern iOS devices and extract their contents. iOS devices are encrypted by default, meaning someone needs to have, or guess, the device's passcode to access some of the data stored on it. iOS devices protect themselves from brute force attacks, where a piece of software rapidly churns through passcode possibilities, but GrayKey can successfully brute force iOS devices in some cases. The company is constantly in a cat-and-mouse game with Apple, which tries to fix security issues that GrayKey takes advantage of. Local police around the country have bought GrayKey units, Motherboard has shown.Do you work at Grayshift or know anything else about the company’s products? We’d love to hear from you. Using a non-work phone or computer, you can contact Joseph Cox securely on Signal on +44 20 8133 5190, Wickr on josephcox, OTR chat on jfcox@jabber.ccc.de, or email joseph.cox@vice.com.
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