by Reuters and Israel Hayom Staff
Cellebrite, an Israeli mobile forensic company, is aiding FBI to decrypt iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters • Apple has opposed judge's order to unlock the phone, citing breach of privacy • If successful, FBI will not need Apple's help.
Israeli mobile forensic software provider
Cellebrite is helping the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation's attempt
to unlock an iPhone used by one of the shooters in San Bernardino,
California, the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper reported on Wednesday.
If Cellebrite succeeds, then the FBI will no
longer need the help of Apple Inc., the Israeli daily said, citing
unnamed industry sources.
Cellebrite officials declined to comment on the matter.
Apple is engaged in a legal battle with the
U.S. Justice Department over a judge's order that it write new software
to disable passcode protection on the iPhone used by the shooter.
The two sides were set to face off in court on
Tuesday, but on Monday a federal judge agreed to the government's
request to postpone the hearing after U.S. prosecutors said a "third
party" had presented a possible method for opening an encrypted iPhone.
The development could bring an abrupt end to
the high-stakes legal showdown, which has become a lightning rod for a
broader debate on data privacy in the United States.
Cellebrite, a subsidiary of Japan's Sun Corp., has its
revenue split between two businesses: a forensics system used by law
enforcement, military and intelligence that retrieves data hidden inside
mobile devices, and technology for mobile retailers.
Reuters and Israel Hayom Staff
Source: http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=32623
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