It took weeks, but finally succeeded.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation US (FBI, for its acronym in English) agreed to the contents of the iPhone used by Syed Rizwan Farook, one of the two responsible for the slaughter occurred in December 2015 in San Bernardino, California, so he withdrew the legal action which claimed that Apple will allowed to enter the security system of the cell.
“the government has successfully accessed the data stored on the iPhone and therefore no longer requires the help of Apple,” said Justice Department EE .S. in the petition calling for an end to the legal process that had begun against Apple.
The technology giant had refused to assist the government because alleging that it contravened their policy Privacy.
Farook was a public employee of the Department of Health San Bernardino County, California. He and his partner, Tafsheen Malik, were identified as perpetrators of the attack in December last year left 14 dead.
Both died in a subsequent confrontation with the police.
The FBI claimed to court last month that Apple created software to disable the code protection cell.
new issues
the method for accessing the cell now opens new questions, including the strength of the security of Apple devices.
access can create new conflicts between the US government and Apple , since it is unknown how the authorities agreed to the phone.
the company lawyers already warned they wanted to know the system used.
An Israeli newspaper reported last week that forensic experts from the firm cybersecurity Cellebrite, which is headquartered in Israel, are involved in the case.
Cellebrite told the BBC who has worked with the FBI, but offered no details.
your website indicates that one of its tools can extract and decode, among others, iPhone data 5C, the model in question examining the FBI.
a court order had led to an intense debate about privacy, and Apple protested that allow access to user data sit a “dangerous precedent”.
the company received the support of other technology giants like Google, Microsoft and Facebook.
Intense debate
And earlier this month, Ra’ad Zeid al-Hussein, the UN high commissioner for human rights, warned that execute the court order could open a “Pandora’s box”.
the FBI director James Comey, said it was the “most difficult question” who had addressed in their work.
Dave Lee, tech reporter for the BBC, believes that although the legal case concluded, Apple faces a new challenge.
“The government US. is aware of a security vulnerability in theory weakens Apple devices worldwide “Lee said.
” to protect its reputation, Apple has he run to find and correct that defect . Assuming it does, the matter returns to the starting point, “said
.
US officials investigated the attack San Bernardino as “an act of terrorism.”
Among the evidence found was a message from Malik on Facebook in which he swore allegiance to the self-styled Islamic State (EI).
Both suspects had contacts with people who were already being investigated by the FBI for his radical positions.
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