The Turkish one police seized an iPhone used by the terrorist who killed the Russian ambassador to Turkey, Andrei Karlov, and is apparently trying to crack the 4-digit passcode protecting it.
MacReports reports that the device was an iPhone 4s with an unknown version of iOS. Turkish researchers are trying to open the device to get access to the information they have stored for any evidence of terrorist activity inside the country.
Breaking iPhone protection has proven to be particularly difficult as the FBI itself tried last year to unsuccessfully break the device used by one of San Bernardino's terrorists. If you remember the FBI had then asked Apple to help since it could not unlock the device, but Cupertino refused to open the iPhone.
This time, it is not yet clear whether Turkey contacts Apple to help with the research, but even if it comes, Cupertino will probably refuse any help.
On the other hand, Russia has already sent one team εμπειρογνωμόνων σε θέματα ασφάλειας στην Τουρκία, προκειμένου να δοκιμάσει κάποιες εναλλακτικές μεθόδους hacking. All efforts have been unsuccessful so far, but the two countries will not give up until they crack the iPhone.
What is important to note is that iPhome 4S is much easier to tamper with as it does not use the advanced encryption systems available on the latest iPhones. It is likely that an old iOS version will run, and security experts could export the stored data.
