Russian Firm Cracks 'Impossible' BlackBerry Passwords

[SKK]

BlackBerry smartphones have been praised for their security, but a new password-cracking tool released by the Russian security firm ElcomSoft may throw a wrench in their reputation.

"ElcomSoft Phone Password Breaker" does exactly what it says, enabling its users to recover plain-text passwords governing encrypted backups for BlackBerry smartphones and PlayBook tablets. (The password-breaking tool also works on Apple devices running iOS, such as iPhones and iPads.)

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[HappyAndyK]

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[SKK]

Pls link to original sources/links and not blogs/via - else the posts are liable to be deleted.

i will take care of that from next time...