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Israeli company hacks San Bernardino terrorist’s iPhone

March 29, 2016 10:25
The aftermath of the shootings (Picture: David Bauman / The Orange County Register via Zuma Press)

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Josh Jackman,

Josh Jackman

1 min read

An Israeli company has succeeded in helping the FBI to hack the phone of a terrorist who carried out a deadly mass shooting in California last year.

Terrorist couple Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik killed 14 and injured 22 before being shot dead during the attack on a San Bernardino County Department of Public Health training event and holiday party in December.

The FBI asked Israeli technology firm Cellebrite for assistance after its battle to force Apple to open Farook’s phone got bogged down over legal arguments.

Yesterday, US authorities announced in a document handed to California’s district court that “the government has now successfully accessed the data stored on Farook's iPhone”.