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The motion revolves around a conviction of a robbery case in March, the motion reads. Rozas redacted the case number and name of the defendant from the copy of the motion shared with Motherboard."The Cellebrite evidence was heavily relied upon by the State in its argument, and was crucial to its case," the motion reads."Since the trial, severe defects have been uncovered in the Cellebrite devices," it adds, pointing to the findings from Signal.According to Marlinspike, who published his findings in a blog post, issues he uncovered in Cellebrite devices allow an attacker to include malicious files in their phone that would then exploit a connected Cellebrite device and alter what kind of data the device could access. Potentially, this could bring up discussions around whether data collected by a Cellebrite device is forensically sound and suitable for a prosecution or not.Do you work for Cellebrite? Are you a Cellebrite customer? 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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