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FBI Can't Say How It Hacked IPhone 5C

posted by cmn32480 on Friday April 29 2016, @08:21AM   Printer-friendly
from the they-have-nfi-how-they-did-it dept.

fleg writes:

The Guardian is reporting that...

On Wednesday, the FBI confirmed it wouldn't tell Apple about the security flaw it exploited to break inside the iPhone 5C of San Bernardino gunman Syed Farook in part, because the bureau says it didn't buy the rights to the technical details of the hacking tool.

"Currently we do not have enough technical information about any vulnerability that would permit any meaningful review," said Amy Hess, the FBI's executive assistant director for science and technology.

$1.3m and no source code?

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 29 2016, @08:25AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 29 2016, @08:25AM (#338810)

    "$1.3m and no source code?"

    No worries bro. It was someone else's money they spent. (You know, taxpayers.)

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 29 2016, @10:41AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 29 2016, @10:41AM (#338847)

    And they probably paid more to not get the details so they can say this and keep exploiting the hole ad nauseam...

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 29 2016, @01:51PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 29 2016, @01:51PM (#338915)

      so you're paying from your safe for them to make lock-pick for your .. uhm .. safe?