FBI reportedly bought exploit from hackers to access San Bernardino iPhone<article>
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The FBI reportedly paid professional hackers a one-time fee for a previously unknown vulnerability that allowed the agency to unlock the iPhone of San Bernardino shooter.</p><p>
The exploit allowed the FBI to build a device capable of brute-forcing the iPhone’s PIN without triggering a security measure that would have wiped all of its data, the
Washington Post reported Tuesday, citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter.</p><p>
The hackers who provided the exploit to the FBI find software vulnerabilities and sometimes sell them to the U.S. government, the newspaper reported.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3055976/security/fbi-reportedly-bought-exploit-from-hackers-to-access-san-bernardino-iphone.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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FBI reportedly bought exploit from hackers to access San Bernardino iPhone
