Summary:
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FBI Appeal to Cellebrite: The FBI, struggling to unlock the phone of the shooter at a Trump rally, reached out to Cellebrite, a digital intelligence firm, for assistance with the newer Samsung model.
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Unreleased Technology: Cellebrite provided the FBI with new, unreleased software that successfully accessed the phone, helping to gather data to understand the shooter’s motives.
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Urgent Response: Within hours, Cellebrite’s federal team transferred additional technical support to the FBI in Quantico, Virginia, after the local Pittsburgh bureau’s existing Cellebrite software failed to unlock the device.
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