Phone unlocking firm Cellebrite to acquire mobile testing startup Corellium for $170M

This one, a company that Does forensic equipment to unlock smartphonessaid it acquires the Coreflium mobile test startup for 170 million dollars in cash, with $ 20 million converted into capital capital.

The Celbite said that the agreement said that the agreement would contribute to “accelerated identification of vulnerabilities and mobile exploits”. A large part of Celibrite technology is based on the use of unknown vulnerabilities, such as Zero daysTo unlock the encrypted data stored on phones.

For its part, Corellium provides its customers with access to Android and iOS devices based on virtual cloud for application and safety tests, an offer that Apple for a while sought to block.

A spokesperson for Celbite told Techcrunch that the agreement should be concluded later this year, subject to A CFIUS reviewThe US government committee responsible for managing the company agreements that may affect national security.