21 April 2021, 09:04 pm
Signal CEO Moxie Marlinspike has hacked a cybersecurity research firm known as Cellebrite, which was also known to be a partner of the police with regards to investigations and several online systems. Cellebrite was known to help police and other clients in breaking into phones by exploiting vulnerabilities, something used ironically against them.
The Signal CEO has been known for putting forward a foot against law enforcement agencies and the government regarding their stakes over the user and citizen data which was said to be a lot. Marlinspike has previously campaigned that the data should be private to users, and users alone, and this led to the establishment of Signal Messenger which featured encryption.