Unnamed sources cited by the WSJ contradict the widely-held belief that it was Israel-based mobile forensics company Cellebrite which helped the FBI hack into the San Bernardino iPhone. The report say that the agency was instead approached by a group of freelance hackers who revealed an iPhone passcode vulnerability to the FBI in return for a one-time fee.
The FBI cracked a San Bernardino terrorist’s phone with the help of professional hackers who discovered and brought to the bureau at least one previously unknown software flaw, according to people familiar with the matter […]
