FBI Paid beneath $1 Million to release San Bernardino iPhone: reviews

The FBI paid underneath $1 million (more or less Rs. 6 crores) for the approach used to free up the iPhone utilized by one of the San Bernardino shooters – a figure smaller than the $1.three million the organization’s chief to start with indicated the hack cost, numerous US authorities resources stated on Thursday. The Federal Bureau of research may be capable of use the technique to liberate other iPhone 5c fashions strolling iOS 9 – the specs of the shooter’s smartphone – without additional fee to the contractor who…

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FBI: ‘Too Early’ to Say if Anything Valuable Is on San Bernardino iPhone

After a protracted and very public dispute between the FBI and Apple, federal authorities said last week that investigators were able to access a locked iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino, California, attackers. So what have they actually found? It’s too soon to say, according to the FBI’s top lawyer. The FBI is still analyzing data found on the iPhone, but it is “simply too early” to say whether the device contained any useful information, FBI General Counsel James Baker said at a conference Tuesday. Baker said investigators…

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US Argues for ‘Modest’ Apple Help in San Bernardino Attacks Probe

Forcing Apple to help unlock an iPhone is a “modest” demand which may turn up vital evidence in a terrorist attack, the US government argued Thursday, upping the ante in its legal standoff with the technology giant. A brief filed by the Justice Department was the latest shot in a battle which has fueled intense debate on whether Apple must comply with a court order to help the FBI break into a phone used by one of the shooters in the December terror attack in San Bernardino, California. The filing…

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