Security News > 2020 > January > FBI Asks Apple for Phone Data From Saudi Shooting Suspect
2020-01-08 21:01
The FBI asked Apple this week to help extract data from iPhones that belonged to the Saudi aviation student who investigators say fatally shot three sailors at a U.S. naval base in Florida last month.
Apple said in a statement that it has already provided investigators with all the relevant data held by the company.
"When the FBI requested information from us relating to this case a month ago we gave them all of the data in our possession and we will continue to support them with the data we have available."
The company went to court to block an FBI demand for Apple to disable security measures that complicated efforts to guess the phone's passcode.
The FBI eventually relented after it found another way of getting into the phone.