The Federal Bureau of Investigation claimed Monday that it successfully hacked the iPhone used by one of the suspects in the San Bernardino shooting, without the help of Apple Inc. While the agency has not revealed the method it used, or if any data was retrieved from the phone, it reportedly released a statement claiming […]
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The night before Apple Inc. and the Federal Bureau of Investigation were set to face off in court over whether Apple should be forced to create software to override the iPhone’s encryption, the FBI requested the hearing be cancelled. The court hearing set for Tuesday was over the case of the iPhone used by Syed […]
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In preparation for next week’s hearing, Apple Inc. submitted a court filing Tuesday criticizing the United States Department of Justice, claiming that the U.S. founding fathers “would be appalled” at the department’s order. The company first brought attention to the conflict in February, when a U.S. magistrate judge ordered Apple to create the software to […]
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A bipartisan team of United States senators is reportedly close to introducing a controversial bill that would let law enforcement force companies to comply with court orders seeking access to encrypted data. Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Richard Burr (R-N.C.), both members of the Senate Intelligence Committee, began working on the bill after mass shootings […]
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In an unprecedented move, a New York Magistrate Judge ruled Monday that the United States Department of Justice cannot force Apple Inc. to extract data from a locked iPhone as ordered by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, in a criminal drug case. While the ruling is not binding in any other court, and the case […]
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Microsoft founder Bill Gates set himself apart from other Silicon Valley CEOs when he pledged his support to the FBI, and criticized Apple for refusing to comply with the government’s order to “build a backdoor” into the iPhone. While Apple CEO Tim Cook insisted that creating the technology to break into an encrypted iPhone would […]
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Apple Inc. claimed Friday that the reason the FBI was requesting a “backdoor” into the iPhone in order to hack into the phone of one of the suspects in the San Bernardino shooting, was because it changed the iCloud password on the phone, making it so that Apple could not hack into it. The iPhone […]
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The CEOs of several major tech companies have voiced their support for Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook, after he openly opposed a federal order to “build a backdoor” into the iPhone. Cook released a statement in response to U.S. Magistrate Judge Sheri Pym’s order that Apple must help the FBI break into an encrypted iPhone […]
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In an unprecedented ruling Tuesday, a magistrate judge ordered Apple Inc. to hack the iPhones of its users who are suspects in the San Bernardino shooting case, and the CEO of Apple vowed to fight back against it. As part of an investigation into a shooting that occurred in San Bernardino, California in December, when […]
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