Strength of BlackBerry (BBRY) Security Comes Into Question, May Ebb Demand
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BlackBerry (Nasdaq: BBRY) could be on watch following a new Guardian report which questions one of the company's best sales assets.
The report states that the UK Government Communications Headquarters was able to penetrate the security of foreign politicians' BlackBerry devices during two G20 summits in 2009. The move was made to monitor emails and phone calls, reports the Guardian.
"New converged events capabilities against BlackBerry provided advance copies of G20 briefings to ministers … Diplomatic targets from all nations have an MO of using smartphones. Exploited this use at the G20 meetings last year," said documents obtained by the Guardian.
Disclosure of the new findings could leave some customers and potential customers viewing BlackBerry as less secure. Either the company worked with U.K. officials or its platform was unknowingly accessed by a third-party.
Though BlackBerry has allowed some governments access to its servers to monitor data, the BlackBerry Enterprise Server, which was the subject of discussion, was said to have been not breached.
Shares of BlackBerry are indicated higher early Monday.
The report states that the UK Government Communications Headquarters was able to penetrate the security of foreign politicians' BlackBerry devices during two G20 summits in 2009. The move was made to monitor emails and phone calls, reports the Guardian.
"New converged events capabilities against BlackBerry provided advance copies of G20 briefings to ministers … Diplomatic targets from all nations have an MO of using smartphones. Exploited this use at the G20 meetings last year," said documents obtained by the Guardian.
Disclosure of the new findings could leave some customers and potential customers viewing BlackBerry as less secure. Either the company worked with U.K. officials or its platform was unknowingly accessed by a third-party.
Though BlackBerry has allowed some governments access to its servers to monitor data, the BlackBerry Enterprise Server, which was the subject of discussion, was said to have been not breached.
Shares of BlackBerry are indicated higher early Monday.
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