Fbi does not reveal apple as hacking san bernardino's iphone

Last week we had commented on the San Bernardino terrorist attack and how the FBI had hacked the iPhone of one of the attackers without the help of Apple, who refused to collaborate with the police by unlocking the terminal. The repercussions on this incident that went around the world continue today, when we learn that the FBI is keeping secret what was the method they used to access all the information on the phone.

FBI secret method of unlocking San Bernardino phone

The FBI may never reveal to Apple how it did to unlock the iPhone 5c from the San Bernardino shooter. According to the Reuters agency, the hackers who discovered the flaw that led to the phone hacking for the FBI, have sole legal ownership over this method. FBI agents cannot and do not even know what the vulnerability was that was used by hackers.

As you may recall, the FBI revealed that it hired a group of hackers from outside the United States to help them unlock the phone in late March. At that time, the agents paid them a flat fee for the vulnerability and the tool that was developed to unlock the phone.

FBI had hired foreign hackers to unlock the terrorist phone

FBI Director James B. Comey said during a privacy conference last week that the government is considering giving details about the technique to Apple, but did not say so. Typically, the White House subjects security breaches to a process called the "Vulnerabilities Equities Process . " This procedure gives various agencies the opportunity to discuss what should be done with these security breaches, and whether they should be disclosed to their respective companies. Of course, the "Vulnerabilities Equities Process" does not apply to private companies, so this would be a very special case and it is possible that Apple never knows the method used to unlock that iPhone 5c.