News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Despite the hype, iPhone security no match for NSO spyware (2021). Parent comment

Re:Despite the hype, iPhone security no match for NSO spywar... by feupan on Saturday January 29, 2022 @10:08PM (#30133488)
I wouldn't exclude it, it worked well. Let's not forget that they eventually still unlocked the phone with a similar tool anyway. It's only possible that these tools weren't as readily available on 2015.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Despite the hype, iPhone security no match for NSO spywar... by johnnyApplePRNG on Saturday January 29, 2022 @10:12PM (#30133521)
Really! They unlocked it in the end?!

I was only following the mainstream news headlines back then... not paying super close attention... but I failed to read that part. I assumed they were never able to access it to this very day.

Along with 99% of the rest of North America who can only read so much about computer security I am sure.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Despite the hype, iPhone security no match for NSO spywar... by feupan on Saturday January 29, 2022 @10:49PM (#30133795)
From Wikipedia:

> On March 28, the government announced that the FBI had unlocked the iPhone and withdrew its request.

> The unidentified method used to unlock Farook's phone - costing more than $1 million to obtain - quit working once Apple updated their operating system.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Despite the hype, iPhone security no match for NSO spywar... by viktorcode on Sunday January 30, 2022 @05:49AM (#30135747)
The tools were available at the time, but FBI preferred Apple to compromise their security model instead.
[ Parent | on HN ]