In a survey published yesterday, theWashington Postreveals that he had managed to identify the hacker who managed to hack the most famous iPhone in California. Used by a terrorist of the shooting in San Bernardino near Los Angeles in 2015, he was locked. The FBI, in charge of investigations, then enjoined Apple to provide abackdoor* To access the contents of the iOS device. Without success.
We then learned that the office had finally been able to achieve its ends, using professionals. Because no, despite all the promises of confidentiality of the apple brand, its mobiles are notnot inviolable. Like those of all other manufacturers, by the way.
Mozilla my in cause
According to thePost, the manager behind this technical feat is called David Wang. From co -founder ofCorellium, the latter was then stationed atAzimuthSecurity. His feat would have been paid $ 900,000 by officials: enough to dream of any participant inun bug bounty. This did not please Apple, since the latter subsequently attacked the new company of the White Hat. It is by name that IT experts are designated whose acts are benevolent.
The flaw identified by this former Yale -The he abandoned the course - came from integration withFirefox, since patched by the foundation behind the software. The latter did not wish to comment on the case. NamedCondor, it must be said that the trick was still able to override the force anti-flicker protectionalso found in the second generation enclave secure. To find nothing very interesting anyway as an index.
A political question?
Since then, questions have been linked both at the top of government authorities across the Atlantic and at Apple Park. Because if the second fears that a court can make jurisprudence and therefore potentially threaten the privacy of all its customers ... it is in fact to him toalign more moneySo that cybersecurity researchers do not have to collaborate with the authorities.
The Tim Cook teams had tried to hire Wang or buy Corellium in 2018, but without success and after the scandal splashed the White House. Finally, a judge had finally refused to force them to provide their opponent with all the details as to the breaches identified in the operating system of the iPhone. Since then, business seems flourishing.
*literallystolen doorIn English: unknown parameter of the owner, offering secret access to the software
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Equal: AG Tescience
