The U.S. justice Department has abandoned attempts to force Apple to unlock the phone, passing on charges of drug trafficking in new York. According to a letter from prosecutors that was sent to the Federal court in new York, the authorities themselves have received a password that allowed access to the device.
iPhone, in question, was involved in a criminal narcotics investigation, the essence of which is not disclosed in the interests of the investigation. The authorities since October last year, tried in a judicial order to oblige Apple to hack a smartphone, however, considered the case a new York judge James Orenstein at the end of February ruled that Apple has no obligation to help investigators in this against their will. In March, the U.S. justice Department said that he will appeal this decision, and in early April confirmed its intention to seek assistance from the Corporation.
On Saturday, U.S. authorities said that the Apple law enforcement is no longer required. Exactly who helped the secret services to hack the iPhone, is unknown.
Prior to this Federal Bureau of investigation, the United States also through the court tried to force Apple to provide access to iPhone 5c terrorist from San Bernardino, who in December killed 14 people.
FBI Director James Comey
The FBI did not know the code of the iPhone, and several times entered the wrong password. The security system of the iOS operating system suggests that after 10 invalid attempts access to your phone will be locked and all data is destroyed. Apple also can’t access the phone’s memory.
The court ordered the Corporation to create a program that provides access. But Apple refused and appealed to court against this decision. The company stated that such actions are a direct violation of the rights of customers. Many IT companies supported it. As a result, the FBI hacked iPhone on their own. Intelligence agencies pay hackers for facilitating more than $1.3 million
In the case of trafficking in new York featured other iPhone models. According to information from reliable sources, we are talking about iPhone 5s running iOS 7. The device could be hacked by using the technologies used in the phone “arrow from San Bernardino”.
