HE The Brazilian Army has purchased a program to extract data stored on mobile phones, cloud systems, as well as social networks.as reported by Folha de S. Paulo on Wednesday (3). The purchase of the service used in the investigation of the Henry case was made late last year.
According to the newspaper, the software is used by: Army Cyber Defense Command (ComDCiber), to assist with investigations conducted by the Public Department, the National Criminalistics Institute, and the Federal and Civil Police, among other bodies. The unit is headed by General Heber Garcia Portella, one of the Defense Department’s representatives on the election transparency commission.
can be enabled for access to information on smartphones seized from court orders. With the tool, experts from the military organization can recover deleted images from the phone’s memory, check unread emails and messages even when the device is locked.
Control location data and allowing focus on people with automatic face detection are some of the other functions available. The program also allows access to information stored in cloud services data used by the owner and data from platforms such as Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, accounts associated with the mobile phone.
Contract runs until 2024
Documentation obtained by the publication indicates the purchase of the software. Cellebrite UFEDJustified by the “high demand” for forensics in mobile devices recorded over the past three years by ComDCiber provided by TechBiz Forense Digital in Brazil. The service fee is BRL 528,000 and the contract is valid until 27 December 2024.
in contact Sheetthe supplier stated The program is only used for mobile phone content analysis, training service and technical support., as well as emphasizing that “the specific purpose is the responsibility of the Army”. The company said it still does not have any information about the accesses made by its customers.
The army’s program for hacking mobile phones is used in different countries, but for different purposes. In the United States, the tool is often enabled by law enforcement in criminal investigations, while in countries with autocratic governments it is often used to access data on competitors.
Source: Tec Mundo
