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Ice obtains access to Israeli-made spyware that can hack phones and encrypted apps (www.theguardian.com)

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US immigration agents will have access to one of the world’s most sophisticated hacking tools after a decision by the Trump administration to move ahead with a contract with Paragon Solutions, a company founded in Israel which makes spyware that can be used to hack into any mobile phone – including encrypted applications.

The Department of Homeland Security first entered into a contract with Paragon, now owned by a US firm, in late 2024, under the Biden administration. But the $2m contract was put on hold pending a compliance review to make sure it adhered to an executive order that restricts the US government’s use of spyware, Wired reported at the time.

That pause has now been lifted, according to public procurement documents, which list US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) as the contracting agency.

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[–] vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 2 days ago

It's as if we lived in a very silent storm. (Thinking of that moment with Putin and Xi caught discussing how today one can live till 150 ; I don't think Trump will last that much, but someone else from their crowd - easily.)

[–] angband@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

this just brings them on par with local LEOs. these cabinets have charging ports and run brute force attacks on pins and passcodes, at least the simplest and cheapest options do.

[–] treadful@lemmy.zip 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Can't find shit about how well this works on Graphene because of their stupid names.

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 14 points 3 days ago (6 children)

I don't know about this attack, but Cellebrite's support table gets leaked pretty regularly: https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/updated-cellebrite-google-pixel-matrix-leak-february-2025/25911

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[–] Mohamad20ZX@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 days ago

Yeah to hell when they’re belong freaking hypocrites always trying to silence the truth about killing in Gaza

[–] VintageGenious@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

Very surprising from the country of freedom

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