FBI Wanted To Unlock US Shooter's iPhone. It Turned To A Little-Known Firm

Friday, 16 April 2021Newsdesk

The iPhone used by a terrorist in the San Bernardino, Calif., shooting was unlocked by a small Australian hacking firm in 2016, ending a momentous standoff between the U.S. government and the tech titan Apple.

New Delhi, 16 April 2021

As per news report of NDTV, Azimuth Security, a publicity-shy company that says it sells its cyber wares only to democratic governments, secretly crafted the solution the FBI used to gain access to the device, according to several people familiar with the matter. The iPhone was used by one of two shooters whose December 2015 attack left more than a dozen people dead.

Source -NDTV