FBI Hires Cellebrite To Crack San Bernadino iPhone (reuters.com)

tlhIngan writes: Earlier this week, the FBI asked the court for a continuance so it could do some research into a proposed method of cracking the [iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino, California shooters]. It turns out the FBI has contracted Cellebrite for $15,000 to break into the phone. Cellebrite is an Israeli software provider specializing in mobile phone forensics software. If they succeed, it would mean Apple would no longer need to be involved.

Comments

Re:Only $15,278.02?

[DaHat]

Devices like this have been around for a bit and is one possibility: http://blog.mdsec.co.uk/2015/0...

Re:apple can pull some DCMA BS and sue them

[Sneftel]

Cute, but no. Sayeth the DMCA:

Law Enforcement, Intelligence, and Other Government
Activities.--This section does not prohibit any lawfully authorized
investigative, protective, information security, or intelligence
activity of an officer, agent, or employee of the United States, a
State, or a political subdivision of a State, or a person acting
pursuant to a contract with the United States, a State, or a political
subdivision of a State..