Cybersecurity
FBI Makes Official Its Decision to Keep Apple iPhone Hack Secret
- Agency says it doesn't have the technical expertise to share
- Move rules out sharing the information with Apple, the public
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The FBI has made official its decision against submitting the method used to hack into a dead terrorist’s iPhone to a government review that would determine whether it should be shared with Apple Inc. or the public.
Although the FBI paid more than $1.3 million for the method, Amy Hess, the agency’s executive assistant director for science and technology, said Wednesday that it didn’t purchase the rights to the technical details and therefore doesn’t have the necessary information to submit the method for an Obama administration review known as the Vulnerabilities Equities Process.