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REPORTPUBLIC METADATA

No, Cellebrite cannot 'break Signal encryption.'

Yesterday, the BBC ran a story with the factually untrue headline, “Cellebrite claimed to have cracked chat app’s encryption.” This is false. Not only can Cellebrite not break Signal encryption, but Cellebrite never even claimed to be able to. Since we weren’t actually given the opportunity to comment in that story, we’re posting this to help to clarify things for anyone who may have seen the headline. Read more...

Reference details

Source category
research-report
First reported
Dec 23, 2020 00:00 UTC
Last reported
Dec 23, 2020 00:00 UTC
Catalog updated
Oct 13, 2026 19:07 UTC
Record ID
974fde13d20d177363a31e627e7dc2fd756203fec67f49d91a70552a876f94cd

Published indicators

Network indicators are visibly defanged. This page does not make them clickable or send them to another service.

No validated file hashes or network indicators are stored for this record.

Source observations

intelligence_src_1b0ea7addf33a18b0f

Source-provided label
Publisher RSS metadata
Evidence class
mentioned in report
Confidence
Not reported
Observed
Dec 23, 2020 00:00 UTC
Retrieved
Oct 13, 2026 19:07 UTC

This record contains metadata and attribution only. It does not host, download, unpack, render, or execute malware samples.

Feed collection status

Sources represented on this page. Publication and observation dates describe the content; successful batch dates describe local collection. A recent batch does not certify complete coverage or current provider availability.

1 sources: 0 stale, 0 needing attention, 0 paused, 0 unverified.

Review source update dates and status
  • intelligence_src_1b0ea7addf33a18b0fRecent successful batchLast successful batch: Last attempt:

Stale means older than twice the recorded collection interval, with a minimum of one hour; without an interval, the threshold is 24 hours. Cached content remains available while a feed is stale, paused, or unverified.