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The FBI Never Needed Apple To Crack IPhone

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  • Late Monday the FBI announced that it was dropping its controversial case against Apple after they said they successfully broke the IPhone.
  • The FBI did not say what mysterious technique was used to accomplish such a feat.
  • The IPhone in question belonged to Syed Farook, one of the gunmen responsible for the San Bernardino shooting that left 14 people dead.
  • The FBI believe the phone to have contact information of other domestic terrorists.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI says it successfully used a mysterious technique without Apple's help to break into an iPhone linked to the gunman in a California mass shooting.

The surprise development effectively ends a pitched court battle between Apple and the Obama administration.

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The government told a federal court Monday without any details that it accessed data on gunman Syed Farook's iPhone and no longer requires Apple's assistance. Farook and his wife died in a gun battle with police after killing 14 people in San Bernardino, California, in December.

Apple did not immediately comment on the development.

A U.S. magistrate last month ordered Apple to provide the FBI with software to help it hack into Farook's work-issued iPhone. The order touched off a debate pitting digital privacy rights against national security concerns.

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