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[Eugene]

DOJ says it has accessed data stored on iPhone of San Bernardino shooter, drops legal action against Apple

UPDATE:

Source: Reuters

Technology | Mon Mar 28, 2016 6:09pm EDT

U.S. drops legal action against Apple over encrypted iPhone

SAN FRANCISCO | BY DAN LEVINE

The U.S. Justice Department said it successfully accessed data stored on an encrypted iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters and asked a court to withdraw an order compelling Apple to assist, according to a court filing on Monday.

The technology company fought a court order obtained by the FBI last month that required it to write new software to disable passcode protection and allow access to the phone used by one of the shooters, Rizwan Farook.

Apple declined immediate comment on Monday.

U.S. officials said last week that they were hopeful they would be able to unlock the iPhone without help from Apple.

In a two-page court filing on Monday, the Justice Department said the government "no longer requires" Apple's assistance.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-encryption-idUSKCN0WU1RF

[msanthrope]

1. Who did it for them? nt

[herding cats]

2. A company called Cellebrite.

Here's an article about it.

http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/business/.premium-1.710066

[msanthrope]

3. mossad. nt

[herding cats]

4. I don't know. They were was bought a Japanese company Suncorporation

In 2007 the company was purchased by Japan's Suncorporation. Cellebrite's headquarters is still in Israel, but it owns subsidiaries in the U.S., Germany, Singapore and Brazil.

Cellebrite is known as a leader in its field in Israel. Its website says that by using its products, "decoding and analysis can be performed on locked iOS devices with a simple or complex passcode."

Cellebrite has a secured section at its Israel headquarters where it keeps thousands of phones, according to the person familiar with the company. Phone manufacturers themselves send Cellebrite devices so that Cellebrite can develop systems to fix those phones, or to help users transfer data between phones. "They get them as a prototype from the manufacturer before their release in order to deep-analyze them," the person said. "Later, the manufacturers' labs will use Cellebrite machines to fix such phones from a distance, in a minimum amount of time."

Apple uses Cellebrite devices in some of its own stores, according to The Associated Press.

http://mashable.com/2016/03/25/fbi-iphone-cellebrite/#j8h39EIMH5qY

I wouldn't be surprised if Mossad uses them, tho.