Security News > 2020 > January > Apple says no to unlocking shooter’s phone; AG and Trump lash back
No surprise here: Apple has yet again said no to the FBI's request to break iOS encryption - this time, as it investigates the 6 December mass shooting at a naval base in Pensacola, Florida.
We have asked Apple for its help in unlocking the shooter's phones.
The AG called on Apple and other technology companies to "Help us find a solution so we can better protect the lives of the American people and prevent future attacks."
In 2016, the FBI versus Apple court case was withdrawn after the FBI said that it had succeeded in breaking into Farook's encrypted phone with the use of an unspecified, third-party tool.
Even if Apple were to agree to put in a backdoor, that wouldn't mean that the FBI could then crack encryption on Alshamrani's iPhones.