{"id":285322,"date":"2024-07-16T22:12:22","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T20:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=336111"},"modified":"2025-07-01T16:11:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T23:11:03","slug":"how-did-the-fbi-access-the-shooters-phone-at-trumps-rally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/how-did-the-fbi-access-the-shooters-phone-at-trumps-rally\/","title":{"rendered":"How did the FBI access the shooter’s phone at Trump’s rally?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The attempted assassination of Donald Trump has led several US agencies to investigate what motivated Thomas Matthew Crooks to take a rifle and attempt to shoot from a rooftop. In these investigations, his phone<\/strong> has been crucial in finding out. However, accessing it posed a rather titanic task: nowadays, both iOS and Android completely shield<\/strong> their systems to prevent external entities from accessing them. Surprisingly, the FBI announced a few days ago that they had already managed to access Crooks’ phone<\/a>. How did they do it?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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First, we need to understand what a zero-day vulnerability<\/strong> is. Its name already gives us clues: it is a security hole that has just been discovered and, therefore, has not yet been fixed. These are exploited by malicious actors to attack affected devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Has the FBI taken advantage of any of these vulnerabilities? We don’t know for sure. However, it is possible that they had external help<\/strong> to access Crooks’ phone. There are several companies that profit<\/strong> significantly from exploiting these flaws, either by collaborating with agencies like the FBI or by selling their services to clients with questionable intentions. Here, not even the big rewards<\/strong> offered by Apple or Google for reporting security flaws compensate for the great economic benefit that comes from taking the other path.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the most notorious cases was that of Pegasus<\/strong>, a spyware developed by the Israeli cyber intelligence company NSO Group<\/strong>. This sophisticated software was capable of collecting personal data from Android and iOS mobile devices<\/strong> under the argument of combating terrorism. It was later discovered that it was used by several governments to spy on journalists and political leaders, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the case of Crooks, it is likely that the FBI would have collaborated with Cellebrite<\/strong>. This is indicated by Cooper Quintin<\/strong>, a security researcher, for The Verge<\/a>. This is another Israeli company that provides tools to security forces to extract data from all types of mobile devices. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The truth is that we don’t know how the FBI managed to access Crooks’ mobile phone<\/strong>. To find out the details, we will have to wait and see if they finally decide to make it public.<\/p>\n\n\n

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