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FBI not submitting San Bernadino iPhone hack for peer review

The FBI is keeping the San Bernadino iPhone hack technique to itself for the time being. A recent report has stated that the FBI will not be submitting the exploit used to break into the iPhone 5c of San Bernardino shooter Syed Rizwan Farook to a review process that could clear it for sharing with […]

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Unlocked San Bernadino iPhone providing some leads in investigation

In spite of all the controversy and kerfuffle surrounding the San Bernadino iPhone and the steps taken to unlock it, sources are indicating that the FBI is getting some useful information and leads from the device. Investigators are now more confident that terrorist Syed Farook didn’t make contact with another plotter during an 18-minute gap […]

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FBI may have contacted “grey hat” hacker group along with Cellebrite to unlock San Bernadino iPhone 5c

The plot continues to thicken. A group of unnamed sources cited by the Washington Post contradict the widely-held belief that it was Israel-based mobile forensics company Cellebrite which helped the FBI hack into the locked San Bernardino iPhone. The report say that the agency was instead approached by a group of freelance hackers who revealed […]

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Cellebrite says it’s “optimistic” it can unlock iPhone 6 units

Cellebrite, the company that is believed to have been hired by the FBI and successfully unlocked the San Bernadino shooter’s iPhone 5c, says that it is “optimistic” that it will also be able to access a locked iPhone 6. Earlier this year, Italian architect Leonardo Fabbretti met with the company last week to see whether […]

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FBI director Comey says purchased hack tool will only unlock iPhone 5c units running iOS 9

The tool the FBI bought to crack the San Bernadino shooter’s iPhone 5c can only be used on an iPhone 5c running iOS 9. According to FBI director James Comey, the tool will not work on the iPhone 5s or 6 series, a statement Comey offered during a speech late Wednesday at Kenyon College. The […]