FBI Gains Access to Terrorist's iPhone on Its Own
The FBI has found a way to bypass an iPhone security feature and gain access to the data on a device used by one of the shooters in the San Bernadino, Calif., terror attacks. The Justice Department prosecutors said in…
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a court filing that investigators had “accessed the data stored on” the shooter’s Apple iPhone and no longer needed the help of the manufacturer. They asked a court to vacate an earlier ruling forcing Apple to provide assistance. The development averts a legal battle between Apple and DOJ that had starkly divided national security and data privacy interests. The bypassed feature erases all data on an iPhone after 10 unsuccessful attempts to enter a user's passcode.