Cracking the BlackBerry with a $100 Key

Cracking the BlackBerry with a $100 Key

Written By
Ryan Naraine
Ryan Naraine
Nov 30, 2006
1 minute read
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The security model of that BlackBerry on your hip isn’t holding up very well to third-party scrutiny.

According to a white paper by John O’Connor, a researcher on Symantec’s security response team, hackers can pay $100 for an API developer key that can open doors to the theft of data from Research in Motion’s BlackBerry devices.

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