Finally the dispute between Apple and the FBI as the FBI announced that it managed to unlock the iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino attackers without the company's help in the end.
There are no details on how the federal authorities ultimately managed to unlock the device, but rumors say that an Israeli company was interested in helping after Apple refused to create software that would break the device's protection system. Several experts also believe that NAND Mirroring was used, a technique used to copy the contents of the phone's NAND memory chip and place a new copy onto the chip when the maximum number of attempts is exceeded.
In its statement today the FBI said that it did not need Apple’s subscription for the iPhone hacking but warns that similar cases will exist in the future and prosecutors will need help to gain access to information stored on phones belonging to criminals or terrorists.
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“It remains a priority for the government to ensure that law enforcement agencies can obtain critical digital information in order to protect national and public safety, either through cooperation from interested parties or via the judicial system if cooperation fails”, said Melanie Newman, spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Justice.
To FBI does not want to reveal the method that was used neither to the media nor to Apple, so it is expected that the company will start to meticulously search for any security flaw that could be exploited and fix it with future updates. The company is believed to be working on a hacker-proof iPhone that could help prevent similar legal cases in the future.
Apple, after the FBI announcement, emphasized that this case should never have been created and explained that although the company will continue to cooperate with the authorities and assist them in its investigations, it will also work on improving the security of its products.
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Specifically the entire statement of Apple:
[alert size=”alert-block” variation=”alert-info”]”From the beginning we had objections to the FBI's request to create a backdoor in the iPhone because we believed it was wrong and very dangerous. As a result of the government's rejection, none of this happened. This case should never have come to light. We will continue to assist authorities in their investigations, as we have done in the past, and we will continue to increase the security of our products as threats and attacks on our data are becoming more frequent and sophisticated. Our company deeply believes that people in the US and around the world deserve protection of their data, security and privacy. Sacrificing one for the other simply puts people and nations at greater risk. This case raised issues that merit a national discussion about our civil liberties and collective security and protection of private life. Apple is committed to participating in this discussion!”[/alert]
While the San Bernardino case finally reached its end, Apple is once again involved in a case against the FBI, this time concerning a drug investigation in Brooklyn. The company was again required to unlock an iPhone of a criminal who is under investigation but refused again.
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