A company that makes a controversial device that can hack into locked iPhones has just nabbed its biggest client yet: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
ICE has just signed a new $820,000 deal with Grayshift, the maker of a hacking tool known as GrayKey, according to Forbes. The Atlanta-based firm, cofounded by a former Apple security engineer, has now netted a total of $1.2 million from ICE, including a previous deal it signed with the agency last year.
In a statement provided to Mashable, an ICE spokesperson confirmed that “U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement recently awarded a contract to Grayshift for information technology software in support of its Homeland Security Investigations component.” Read more…
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