FBI Unlocks San Bernardino Terrorist's iPhone With Help Of Third Party
The FBI will not say how it unlocked the phone or with whose help. But some experts speculate that the NAND mirroring method was used.
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The FBI will not say how it unlocked the phone or with whose help. But some experts speculate that the NAND mirroring method was used.
The FBI may have found another way, and Apple's cooperation may no longer be needed, according to court papers filed late Monday.
The heavyweight legal fight between the federal government and Apple Inc. heads to the courtroom after weeks of public sparring over whether the tech giant should be forced to hack into a dead San Bernardino attacker's iPhone.
The Justice Department is appealing a New York judge's ruling that Apple cannot be forced to help the government hack into an iPhone in a routine drug case.
The filing represents Apple's first official response since the judge's order last week and builds upon arguments voiced by the company's chief executive and supporters.
As the battle between Apple and the U.S. Government continues over whether the tech giant should help the FBI access a locked phone as part of a terrorism investigation, Apple's supporters are rallying at Southland stores.
Some family members of victims and survivors of the San Bernardino terror attack will file court papers in support of a judge's order that Apple Inc. help the FBI hack into a locked iPhone as part of the terrorism investigation, a lawyer and others said Monday.
The San Bernardino County government paid for but never installed a feature that would have allowed the FBI to easily and immediately unlock the iPhone that is at the center of a high-profile legal battle between Apple Inc. and the Justice Department and the terrorism investigation into the shootings that killed 14 people in San Bernardino.
The Obama administration has told a U.S. magistrate judge it would be willing to allow Apple Inc. to retain possession of and later destroy specialized software it has been ordered to design to help the FBI hack into an encrypted iPhone used by the gunman in December's mass shootings in California.
The Justice Department is firing back at Apple for refusing to help unlock a phone used by one of the gunmen in the San Bernardino attack.
Both anger and praise have surfaced in response to Apple's decision not to comply with a court order to help the FBI hack into an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino mass shooting suspects.
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After Apple said it will not comply with a federal judge's orders to help the FBI hack into an iPhone belonging to one of the killers in the San Bernardino shooting massacre, the boyfriend of one of the massacre's victims said he strongly disagrees with the company and is considering getting rid of his Apple products.
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Honors were bestowed on a group of school district police officers for their response to last month's massacre in San Bernardino.
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The widow of a man killed in last month's terror attack in San Bernardino has filed four claims against the county and is seeking damages totaling $58 million.
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A teen was shot outside a Taco Bell, across the street from the North Hollywood High School.
A federal judge has blocked a California law from going into effect that would ban federal immigration agents from covering their faces but they will still be required to wear clear identification showing their agency and badge number.
Showers are expected to hit most of Southern California on Tuesday afternoon.
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A teen was shot outside a Taco Bell, across the street from the North Hollywood High School.
A federal judge has blocked a California law from going into effect that would ban federal immigration agents from covering their faces but they will still be required to wear clear identification showing their agency and badge number.
Showers are expected to hit most of Southern California on Tuesday afternoon.
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The child was not vaccinated and has no recent history of out-of-state or international travel.
A teen was shot outside a Taco Bell, across the street from the North Hollywood High School.
Showers are expected to hit most of Southern California on Tuesday afternoon.
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Showers are expected to hit most of Southern California on Tuesday afternoon.
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Police say that all three victims were found suffering from gunshot wounds in the street outside of a house party late Saturday night.
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Showers are expected to hit most of Southern California on Tuesday afternoon.
A Chino family is demanding answers after their Nicaraguan mother, who was awaiting an outcome in her asylum case, was detained by federal immigration agents in January.
Health officials say that an unvaccinated minor visited the Walmart Supercenter in Ontario on Jan. 29.
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Villa's Tacos, a beloved Los Angeles-based taqueria, made a guest appearance during the Super Bowl halftime show on Sunday, putting an even larger spotlight on the restaurant already loved by Angelenos.
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A teenager was reportedly wounded in a shooting that happened near a Taco Bell in North Hollywood on Monday afternoon. Mike Rogers reports.
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