---
title: "UAE government placing backdoors into Blackberry devices"
url: https://infosecurity.ch/20090721/uae-government-placing-backdoors-into-blackberry-devices/
date: 2009-07-21
author: Fabio Pietrosanti (naif)
language: en
tags: [civilrights, cyberwarfare, hacking, privacy]
---

# UAE government placing backdoors into Blackberry devices

Nice attempt to place backdoors inside Blackberry devices.

It seems that UAE government wanted to do something nasty placing backdoors trough software upgrades in Etilsat (local mobile operator) blackberry devices, obviously with the cooperation of the mobile operator itself.

Fortunately, the power of the security community discovered and unveiled the facts. Check it out.

[Etisat patch designed for surveillance](http://www.itp.net/news/561962-etisalats-blackberry-patch-designed-for-surveillance "Etisat patch designed for surveillance")

[Wired magazine: Blackberry spies](http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/07/blackberry-spies/ "Wired magazine: Blackberry spies")

Security exists only with transparency.