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ICE has a new $30M contract with Israeli phone cracking company Cellebrite — Daily Beast

The agency's previous contract with Cellebrite was worth $2.2 million, writes Blake Montgomery. Here is the link: https://www.thedailybeast.com/ice-has-a-new-dollar30m-contract-with-israeli-phone-cracking-company-cellebrite

The trade secret — ProPublica

Firms that promised high-tech ransomware solutions almost always just pay the hackers, writes Renee Dudley and Jeff Kao. Here is the link: https://features.propublica.org/ransomware/ransomware-attack-data-recovery-firms-paying-hackers/

FBI catches another man allegedly stealing Apple self-driving car secrets — Ars Technica

According to the FBI, "hundreds of the files on Chen's personally owned computer were photographs of computer screens with Apple information on the screen,"...

FBI awards Salient CRGT $40.1 million cybersecurity contract

The FBI has awarded Salient CRGT a $40.1 million prime contract to provide cybersecurity services.

The Feds cracked El Chapo’s encrypted comms network by flipping his system admin — Gizmodo

Prosecutors played copies of what they said were audio recordings of Guzmán the FBI obtained “after they infiltrated his encrypted messaging system”, writes Tom...