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Feinstein: FBI spent roughly $900,000 to decrypt San Bernadino shooter’s iPhone 5c data

The data recovery effort to copy the iPhone 5c data of San Bernardino shooter Syed Rizwan Farook erred on the pricey side. Namely, in the neighborhood of $900,000 according to California senator Dianne Feinstein, who mentioned the amount spent recently when questioning FBI director James Comey at a Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing. “I was […]

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Hardware hack for San Bernadino iPhone 5c possible but risky

The data onboard the iPhone 5c at the heart of the decryption/unlocking scandal could be accessible via a hardware technique. This hardware technique, apparently, isn’t for the faint of heart. In recent days, the American Civil Liberties Union’s technology fellow and former NSA contractor Edward Snowden have suggested a method that would let investigators repeatedly […]