According to USA Today, at the Aspen Security Forum in London (UK) on 21-4, director of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) James COMEY had a remarkable disclosure.
When the audience questioned the FBI how much have to unlock your iPhone 5C Rizwan Syed Farook terrorist massacre in San Bernardino, he answered indirectly COMEY: "more than my salary in the time remaining before retirement" !
Based on FBI director earns about $ 183,000 a year, the remaining service life of 7 years 4 months, do not take long to figure out it was counted "at least $ 1.3 million"!
Under security experts on technology, it is surprising in the case of the iPhone is not the lack of resources the FBI and the ability to unlock, which is what they've enlisted the help of hacker - prone world criticism by the activities of illegal intrusion.
Mission: "Candy snack"
in the new documents recently declassified in the United States according to the law on freedom of information, the new York Times newspaper discovered a significant case noting that the FBI participated in 13 years ago. Around the beginning of 2003, the FBI agents impasse in a confidential investigation mission called "Trail Mix" (candy snack).
For months, they tapped and emails intercepted by members of a group animal protection, the suspects are undermining activity in animal drug testing of Huntingdon Life Sciences company.
However, this group uses a data encryption software called Pretty Good Privacy makes every effort email read FBI forces were in vain. Investigators decided to try another approach. They persuaded a judge to allow remote installation of spyware on the computer of the group to overcome the barriers encrypted (secretly, of course).
The result is six activists then convicted protection law violations related businesses animals. Court of Appeal concluded in 2009 remain, along with the use of assessment tools is encrypted "indirect evidence for the agreement to participate in activities illegal."
This case shows that the FBI has resorted to the possibility performance encryption hackers to break more than a decade before the legal dispute with Apple.
Mission: "Candy snack", in a way, become a prerequisite for Apple to court litigation. And in both cases, the authorities can not solve the problem on their own unlock the data, instead they find a solution "but to go round destination."
"This is the first time the Ministry of Justice approved a method of intrusion data that way "- a secret FBI wrote in a summary record of the case in 2005.
hackers - mysterious elements
from the case" Candy snack "can be seen struggling with the FBI data encryption tool for many years and more than a decade later, to the iPhone 5C cases they continued struggling.
Appearing on CNBC radio not long ago, the legendary John McAfee network security - father McAfee anti-virus software - publicly criticized the US government "is regressed 20 years compared to the world of network security issues." But that was before the FBI decided to shake hands with hackers.
In testimony before the US Congress on members 19-4, assistant executive director of science and technology segment FBI defended Amy Hess decided hire a third party in the case, unlock iPhone 5C of terrorists San Bernardino.
She Hess confirmed the FBI should shake hands with "partners" of the world for profit hackers, in the context of technology companies uncooperative provide customer information.
But the emergence of a "third party" that some members of Congress and the tech world feel insecure. "Third Party" here is understood as the hackers "gray hat", who can freely pass the boundaries of the law, causing inconvenience for businesses but do not necessarily have bad intentions.
"I do not that rely on third parties is a good role model "- Democratic lawmaker Diana DeGette fret.
She DeGette questioned whether recruiting hackers violates legal standards or open security holes bigger or not. This is based on outside groups access to sensitive data and valuable.
Another problem is the questions observers FBI has done with Apple's responsibility to notify security breaches 1.3 million or hold to "spend more"? There have been no public response from the FBI.
The debate on encryption technology between US and international law enforcement who will continue in the coming months.
Last week, the chairman of the US Senate intelligence Richard Burr announced a bill to force technology companies to hand over the data at the request of the court. Immediately the bill received the support and backlash, even the US Congress are also divided on this issue.
The case caught the attention of Apple hackers
messy between the FBI and the Department of Apple products out to put in a solution to unlock the iPhone by terrorists.
COMEY FBI Director James said: "I think the controversy and attention to the case has stirred up the market (hackers) across world. People began to find ways intrusion iPhone running iOS 5C 9. K
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