14 DAY TRIAL // Some of you might remember we reported to you a few days ago that police-affiliated group the Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI) confirmed for Dutch media that it had managed to decrypt messages from a BlackBerry smartphone.
Today, BlackBerry's CEO John Chen has offered a statement for the press that reiterates the fact that his company continues to stand by its smartphones and their impregnable security.
“BlackBerry does not have any details on the specific device or the way that it was configured, managed or otherwise protected, nor do we have details on the nature of the communications that are claimed to have been decrypted,” said John Chen in the statement.
No backdoors in BlackBerry devices
He went on to say that BlackBerry devices do not have any backdoors hidden in the operating system, so it's nearly impossible to hack them.
According to BlackBerry, the device that NFI claims it managed to crack might were subjected to the bad security behavior of the user.
“If such an information recovery did happen, access to this information from a BlackBerry device could be due to factors unrelated to how the BlackBerry device was designed, such as user consent, an insecure third-party application, or deficient security behavior of the user,” added Chen.
Since the Canadian company does not have any information regarding the method used to decrypt the messages and emails on the BlackBerry device in question, it's quite normal to reassure customers that its services continue to be the most secure on the mobile market.
BlackBerry Enterprise Server, as well as other methods of communications via BlackBerry devices, is legendary for their security and privacy features.
Even if NFI did manage to crack the encryption protecting emails and other data stored on a BlackBerry smartphone, the Canadian company's services will continue to be some of the best on the market.