Israeli digital forensics firm Cellebrite buys BlackBag Technologies
14/01/2020 08:38
TEL AVIV, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Israel's Cellebrite, whose
software can unlock and extract data from mobile devices, has
agreed to acquire California-based computer forensics provider
BlackBag Technologies for $33 million.
The acquisition expands Cellebrite’s portfolio of digital
intelligence products, the Israeli company said on Tuesday.
Cellebrite, whose software is used by law enforcement and
government agencies as well as businesses, said its "all-in-one
solution" will give customers a platform with access to all
aspects of a digital investigation.
This includes providing coverage of digital data collection
tools and sources such as mobiles, computers and cloud data.
BlackBag Technologies CEO Ken Basore said his company seeks
to develop technologies that help the law enforcement, corporate
and consultant communities in their investigations.
Cellebrite, which was acquired by Japan's Sun Corp 6736.T
in 2007, received a $110 million investment from the IGP Capital
fund in June. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N23O54M
(Reporting by Tova Cohen
Editing by Steven Scheer)
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