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CBP Wants New Tech to Search for Hidden Data on Seized Phones
Customs and Border Protection is asking companies to pitch tools for performing deep analysis on the contents of devices seized at the US border.
Three federal contract listings mention that CBP pays for Cellebrite’s Universal Forensic Extraction Device (UFED) 4PC, software designed to analyze data on a user’s existing PC or laptop. The listing for the “license renewal” doesn’t mention a specific product, but may have referred to the Investigative Digital Intelligence Platform, which is Cellebrite’s “end-to-end” suite of tools of analyzing data from devices. Users can also unveil photos “hidden” by a device owner, make social maps of friends and contacts, and plot the locations where a person sent text messages.
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