April 22, 2016 Justice Department gets access to iPhone linked to Brooklyn drug case The Justice Department said Friday it has withdrawn a request that sought a court order forcing Apple to assist in opening a locked iPhone 5s linked to a drug case in New York.
April 22, 2016 James Comey: FBI spent over $1 million to unlock San Bernardino attacker's iPhone The FBI paid a non-governmental third party over $1 million for technology that allowed the agency to unlock an iPhone 5C that belonged to San Bernardino gunman Syed Farook, according to a remark made by FBI director James Comey at a moderated discussion in London on Thursday.
April 16, 2016 Apple wants judge to reject DOJ appeal in Brooklyn drug case Apple said Friday it wants a New York judge to uphold a magistrate’s ruling that the government has no authority to compel the company’s help to get data from a locked iPhone in a federal drug case.
April 13, 2016 FBI reportedly paid hackers for tool that cracked San Bernardino gunman's iPhone The FBI reportedly paid professional hackers for a piece of hardware that enabled investigators to access an iPhone belonging to San Bernardino gunman Syed Farook.
April 7, 2016 FBI director says government 'purchased a tool' to access San Bernardino gunman's phone The head of the FBI said Wednesday that the government had "purchased" a tool enabling investigators to access an iPhone belonging to San Bernardino gunman Syed Farook.
April 1, 2016 Would it be any easier for the FBI to crack Android? Much has been written about the massive fight between the FBI and Apple over encryption in the high-profile San Bernardino shooting case.
March 30, 2016 Apple still doesn't know how FBI hacked San Bernardino terrorist's iPhone without their help The FBI's announcement that it mysteriously hacked into an iPhone is a public setback for Apple Inc., as consumers learned that they can't keep the government out of even an encrypted device that U.S. officials had claimed was impossible to crack.
March 29, 2016 Lessons the FBI should learn from the San Bernardino iPhone debacle The FBI has for the time being given up on its quest to force Apple to write a separate "GovtOS" to help law enforcement officials bypass the iPhone's security protocols.
March 28, 2016 Apple wants to delay the New York iPhone case until after the DOJ's next move While the world waits for the FBI's response in cracking the San Bernardino shooter's iPhone, Apple has shifted its attention to the New York iPhone case, where the All Writs Act was also invoked to force the company to help unlock the device.
