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U.S. NEWSWednesday 30 March 2016
Apple remains in dark on how FBI hacked iPhone without help
TAMI ABDOLLAH A customer tries out a new Apple iPhone 6S at an Apple store in ter the correct passcode Bernardino. The iPhone, is-
Associated Press Chicago. The FBI’s announcement that it mysteriously hacked combination after 10 tries. sued to Farook by his em-
WASHINGTON (AP) — The into an iPhone is a public setback for Apple Inc., as consumers That allowed the govern- ployer, the county health
FBI’s announcement that suddenly discover they can’t keep their most personal informa- ment to repeatedly and department, was found
it mysteriously hacked into tion safe. continuously test pass- in a vehicle the day after
an iPhone is a public set- codes in what’s known as a the shooting. Apple said in
back for Apple Inc., as con- (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato) brute-force attack until the a statement Monday that
sumers suddenly discover right code is entered and the legal case to force its
they can’t keep their most dropping a legal fight to Tuesday. the phone is unlocked. cooperation “should never
personal information safe. compel Apple to help it A few clues have emerged. It wasn’t clear how the FBI have been brought,” and
Meanwhile, Apple remains access the phone also took A senior law enforcement dealt with a related Apple it promised to increase
in the dark about how to away any obvious legal av- official told The Associated security feature that intro- the security of its products.
restore the security of its enues Apple might have Press that the FBI managed duces increasing time de- CEO Tim Cook has said the
flagship product. used to learn how the FBI to defeat an Apple security lays between guesses. The Cupertino-based compa-
The government said it did it. The Justice Depart- feature that threatened to official spoke on condition ny is constantly trying to im-
was able to break into an ment declined through a delete the phone’s con- of anonymity because this prove security for its users.
iPhone used by a gunman spokeswoman to comment tents if the FBI failed to en- person was not authorized The FBI’s announcement
in a mass shooting in Cali- to discuss the technique — even without reveal-
fornia, but it didn’t say how. publicly. ing precise details — that
That puzzled Apple soft- FBI Director James Comey it had hacked the iPhone
ware engineers — and out- has said with those features was at odds with the gov-
side experts — about how removed, the FBI could ernment’s firm recom-
the FBI broke the digital break into the phone in 26 mendations for nearly two
locks on the phone without minutes. decades that security re-
Apple’s help. It also compli- The FBI hacked into the searchers always work co-
cated Apple’s job repair- iPhone used by gunman operatively and confiden-
ing flaws that jeopardize its Syed Farook, who died with tially with software manu-
software. his wife in a gun battle with facturers before revealing
The Justice Department’s police after they killed 14 that a product might be
announcement that it was people in December in San susceptible to hackers.
The aim is to ensure that
Judge: American consumers stay
as safe online as possible
Janice Dickinson’s lawsuit vs. Bill Cosby can proceed and prevent premature
disclosures that might
A. McCARTNEY lawyer branding her a liar and raped her in Lake Ta- portunities to challenge the damage a U.S. company
Associated Press was defamatory, Los An- hoe in 1982. She says she case before it goes to trial, or the economy.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jan- geles Superior Court Judge tried to include the story in whose date has not been As far back as 2002, the
ice Dickinson’s defamation Debre Katz Weintraub said. a 2002 memoir, “No Life- set. Homeland Security Depart-
lawsuit against Bill Cosby The judge said in her ruling guard on Duty: The Acci- Cosby lawyer Monique ment ran a working group
should move forward, a that she was not assess- dental Life of the World’s Pressley said in a statement that included leading in-
judge ruled Tuesday, say- ing the credibility of either First Supermodel,” but her that they are considering dustry technology industry
ing a trial can determine Dickinson or Cosby. It also publisher refused. an appeal and believe executives to advise the
the truthfulness of the mod- allows for the possibility that Cosby’s attorneys tried Dickinson’s lawsuit should president on how to keep
el’s claims that the come- Dickinson could recoup pu- to get the suit dismissed, be completely thrown out. confidential discoveries by
dian raped her in 1982. nitive damages if she wins arguing Dickinson’s story Dickinson’s suit says she felt independent researchers
A jury can decide the cred- the case. about her interactions with victimized again after the that a company’s software
ibility of Dickinson’s allega- Dickinson sued Cosby in Cosby had changed over comedian’s former lawyer, could be hacked until it
tions and whether a state- May after he denied her the years. His legal team Marty Singer, denied the was already fixed.q
ment by Cosby’s former claims that he drugged will have several other op- allegations.q
