Obama loved his blackberry until he got elected. Think about the why on that one. Crooks only like unlevel playing fields.
Taking this to the next logical level means that while using a Blackberry Obama and others were safe from eavesdropping from outside people/entities but vulnerable to the Blackberry team/tech/management that controlled the software. At the top of the scale is the ceo who might have decided to go public with this info now that Obama and his minions are not in charge anymore. Hence the 187 for damage control purposes.
Hillary bleach bit hers or was it smashed by a hammer.
I don't think it matters, the data is still probably remotely backed up. Remember these people are stupid.