Word of the tool's capabilities spread quickly among technicians and repair shops. Soon, Ammar's office was flooded with requests to use Lucifer. There was Javed, a repair shop owner who needed to unlock a batch of Samsung phones for a client; Fatima, a mobile phone retailer who required assistance with flashing a new firmware on a Samsung tablet; and even a local police department that needed help extracting data from a seized Samsung device.

: Disable your antivirus software temporarily, as these tools are often flagged as "false positives" due to their deep system access [3, 7].

One evening, as Ammar was closing up shop, he received a message from an unknown number. The message read: "Be careful with Lucifer. It's not what you think it is." Ammar dismissed it as a prank, but the message lingered in his mind.

But then came the other messages.

On a Friday morning, two lawyers and a forensic engineer from Samsung’s Seoul headquarters arrived at Otman’s shop. They didn’t threaten him. Instead, they made an offer.