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The FBI bought security vulnerabilities from infosec professionals to crack the locked iPhone of San Bernardino killer Syed Farook, it is claimed. According to the Washington Post today, the Feds did not use the services of Cellebrite – previously rumored to have helped the g-men: The FBI cracked a San Bernardino terrorist’s …

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  1. Anonymous Coward
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    Guess Apple needs to start buying 0 days on the open market

    Just so they can close them up.

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    1. g e
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      Re: Guess Apple needs to start buying 0 days on the open market

      Well it's not like they're skint or anything, for sure

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  2. anniemouse

    another lie from the fbi?

    they must have realized that using cellebrite would have ruined their chances to prevail in their never ending attempt to hack privacy.

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  3. Anonymous Coward
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    I'm still of the opinion that they haven't accessed the phone at all, they're just looking for a softer target with which to set a privacy destroying precedent.

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