San Bernandino

Apple-FBI legal battle ends, but leaves a lot of questions unanswered

The extraordinary legal fight pitting the Obama administration against technology giant Apple ended unexpectedly after the FBI said it used a mysterious method without Apple's help to hack into a California mass shooter's iPhone.

A future Apple-FBI case may go very differently: Here's why

Although it fiercely opposes the FBI's demand for help unlocking a San Bernardino shooter's encrypted iPhone, Apple has never argued that it simply can't do what the government wants. That might not be true for long.

Israel firm Cellebrite to help FBI to attempt iPhone unlocking in the San Bernandino case

Apple and US prosecutors to cross examine witnesses on 22 March

The U.S. government and Apple Inc will be able to cross-examine the other's witnesses in a court hearing next week on whether the technology company must help federal investigators unlock an encrypted iPhone tied to one of the San Bernardino killers, Apple said.

NSA Chief warns of cyberattacks on critical US infrastructure

US National Security Agency chief Michael Rogers warned that hackers will inevitably mount a cyberattack against US infrastructure, similar to the power failure in western Ukraine last year.

Common software would have let FBI unlock shooter's Apple iPhone

The county government that owned the iPhone in a high-profile legal battle between Apple and the Justice Department paid for but never installed a feature that would have allowed the FBI to easily and immediately unlock the phone as part of the terrorism investigation into the shootings that killed 14 people in San Bernardino, California.

San Bernardino victims to oppose Apple on iPhone encryption: Report

Some victims of the San Bernardino attack will file a legal brief in support of the U.S. government's attempt to force Apple Inc to unlock the encrypted iPhone belonging to one of the shooters, a lawyer representing the victims said on Sunday.

US Govt to allow Apple to retain and then destroy software to help FBI hack gunman's encrypted iPhone

The Obama administration told a US magistrate judge on Friday 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.

Apple and the US govt faceoff pits digital rights against national security interests

Apple Inc. and the US government are making their cases before anyone steps into a courtroom over a judge's order forcing Apple to help the FBI hack into an iPhone in a terrorism case.