Meet Berla, the little-known company that can pull smartphone data from your car
Late morning on Jan. 7, 2015, a black Citroën C3 arrived in front of Charlie Hebdo’s headquarters at 10 Rue Nicolas-Appert in Paris. Two men stepped out dressed in black, toting Kalashnikov assault rifles and a long list of people to kill. That was the beginning of a historic terrorist massacre and subsequent battle with police that left 12 dead and left much of the world wondering how it happened. Police immediately turned to the digital evidence trail, including the Citroën C3. A French supermini, the C3 is advertised as a “smart car,” meaning it creates mountains of data waiting to be analyzed by anyone who can figure out how to gain access. In order to obtain that evidence, French authorities turned to Berla Corporation, a little-known Maryland-based cybersecurity company that works with and receives funding from the Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Cybersecurity Division. Berla’s flagship product is Project […]
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