While Apple is waiting for the leak that will reveal more information about exactly how the FBI managed to break το iPhone του τρομοκράτη του San Bernardino, πληροφορίες που προέκυψαν μέσω ανεπίσημων διαύλων, αποκαλύπτουν νέα στοιχεία για το ποιος πραγματικά παραβίασε την ασφάλεια της συσκευής.
At first everyone believed that the FBI worked with Israeli tech company Cellebrite to unlock iPhone without erasing data. However, according to a Washington Post report citing people familiar with the matter, the feds actually worked with a hacker group.
Apparently a group of hackers contacted the FBI and suggested a different method to unlock the device without losing data after 10 unsuccessful attempts to enter it code access.
Everything is said to have happened because of the existence of an unknown vulnerability known by hackers in iOS 9 and Apple does not seem to know it until today. In addition to this vulnerability, hackers are reportedly using a custom-built hardware to unlock the device safely.
The FBI has promised a reward to hackers who have undertaken to unlock the device, but the exact amount of money they have received is not known.
Η Washington Post αναφέρει επίσης ότι οι hackers, είναι μέρος μιας ομάδας που "κυνηγάει τρωτά σημεία σε λογισμικά και τα δίνει στην κυβέρνηση," και ότι δεν ήταν η πρώτη φορά που συνεργάστηκε με το FΒI.
Custom-built hardware used to unlock the San Bernardino iPhone could be the main reason that FBI can not break other devices.