FBI confirms it won't tell Apple how it hacked San Bernardino shooter's iPhone
by Danny Yadron in San Francisco from on (#1C11M)
Bureau will not tell Apple about the security flaw it exploited to break into the iPhone 5C, in part because it didn't buy the rights to the technical details
When the FBI bought a hacking tool to break into an iPhone, it wasn't sure what exactly it got for its $1.3m.
On Wednesday, the FBI confirmed it wouldn't tell Apple about the security flaw it exploited to break inside the iPhone 5C of San Bernardino gunman Syed Farook in part, because the bureau says it didn't buy the rights to the technical details of the hacking tool.
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