FBI paid over $1.3 million to hack into San Bernardino iPhone that contained ‘nothing of real significance’

It’s good that Apple wasn’t forced to create a new vulnerability to allow the FBI to break into the San Bernardino iPhone 5C, and I am pleased that an existing exploit was used instead. But the FBI not telling Apple how it was done puts all of us at ri… Continue reading FBI paid over $1.3 million to hack into San Bernardino iPhone that contained ‘nothing of real significance’

The FBI has hacked into the San Bernardino iPhone

The US Department of Justice has managed, with the help of an unknown third party, to successfully access data held on the iPhone 5C used by one of the San Bernardino killers.
But one wonders if they will share details of how they did it with Apple…
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FBI might have a way to unlock shooter’s iPhone without Apple’s help

The government asked a judge to delay deciding whether Apple must build an iPhone backdoor while the FBI tests its own backdoor. Continue reading FBI might have a way to unlock shooter’s iPhone without Apple’s help