Online privacy – 'secure' Blackphone hacked in 5 minutes

An ultra-secure phone claiming to be the first privacy-focused smartphone on sale swiftly fell victim to a security researcher – who hacked the “super secure” Blackphone in just five minutes according to Slashgear. The hack allowed root access to the phone – and was performed on stage at the DEF CON security conference, according to Gizmodo. TeamAndIRC found three vulnerabilities according to Tweaktown – although each had its own weakness. One required an unpatched version of PrivatOS and another required direct user interaction. Slashgear reported that users faced no “imminent danger.”



Online privacy – 'secure' Blackphone hacked in 5 minutes