Security News > 2020 > January > FBI Taps Apple to Unlock Pensacola Shooter’s iPhone
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is once again asking Apple to help unlock the iPhone of a potential terrorist.
The statement does not indicate whether Apple will in fact assist in unlocking the phones, which the FBI said are being held in the crime lab at Quantico, Va. Deja-Vu Privacy Implications.
Before the court case could come to its final conclusion, the FBI withdrew its request and announced that it had unlocked the iPhone with an unnamed third party's help.
FBI Director James Comey said at the time that the FBI had purchased a "Tool" to hack the phone that cost more than $1.3 million.
In another incident, Apple was ordered to unlock an iPhone 5S in a drug case in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York in Brooklyn, which it challenged.
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https://threatpost.com/fbi-apple-unlock-pensacola-shooters-iphone/151594/
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