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Forensics expert says FBI to use NAND mirroring to crack terrorist's iPhone

Accepted submission by MrPlow at 2016-03-28 02:39:39
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MrPlow [soylentnews.org] writes:

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An outside contractor with established ties to the FBI has most likely shown investigators how to circumvent the iPhone's security measures by copying the contents of the device's flash storage, a forensics expert said.

"repeat until (phone.state == 'unlocked') {backup memory; try up to 10 times; restore}"

Source: http://www.macworld.com/article/3047542/ios/forensics-expert-says-fbi-to-use-nand-mirroring-to-crack-terrorists-iphone.html [macworld.com]

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