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ICE unit signs new $3M contract for phone-hacking tech
Homeland Security Investigations, the law enforcement arm of ICE, adds phone unlocking tech made by Magnet Forensics to its arsenal of technology used to power the Trump administration’s deportation crackdown.
The contract, which appeared on Tuesday in a federal government procurement database, said it is for software licenses for the phone hacking tech for HSI “to recover digital evidence, process multiple devices, & generate forensic reports essential to mission of protecting national security & public.” GrayKey Premier software renewal licenses for “iOS and Android extractions of electronic devices for law enforcement investigations,” specifically for HSI in Detroit, a contract worth $90,000 and signed on September 5. A purchase of software licenses for Graykey to help HSI “recover digital evidence on multiple devices for investigative operations,” worth $57,000 and signed on August 21.
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