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FBI told San Bernardino County staff to tamper with gunman's Apple account
Source: The Guardian
FBI told San Bernardino County staff to tamper with gunman's Apple account
• Local government move made taking Apple to court inevitable
• Tech giant contends enabling access would violate user trust
• Apple: FBI is making demands even China hasn’t asked for
• Apple v FBI: what’s the beef, how did we get here and what’s at stake?
Danny Yadron and Sam Thielman
Saturday 20 February 2016 21.44 GMT
The San Bernardino County government on Friday night said the FBI told its staff to tamper with the Apple account of Syed Farook, who with his wife, Tashfeen Malik, carried out the December shooting in which 14 people were killed.
The development matters because the change made to the account – a reset of Farook’s iCloud password – made it impossible to see if there was another way to get access to data on the shooter’s iPhone without taking Apple to court.
“The county was working cooperatively with the FBI when it reset the iCloud password at the FBI’s request,” read a post on San Bernardino County’s official Twitter account.
On Saturday, the Justice Department referred questions on the matter to the FBI.
The FBI did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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• Local government move made taking Apple to court inevitable
• Tech giant contends enabling access would violate user trust
• Apple: FBI is making demands even China hasn’t asked for
• Apple v FBI: what’s the beef, how did we get here and what’s at stake?
Danny Yadron and Sam Thielman
Saturday 20 February 2016 21.44 GMT
The San Bernardino County government on Friday night said the FBI told its staff to tamper with the Apple account of Syed Farook, who with his wife, Tashfeen Malik, carried out the December shooting in which 14 people were killed.
The development matters because the change made to the account – a reset of Farook’s iCloud password – made it impossible to see if there was another way to get access to data on the shooter’s iPhone without taking Apple to court.
“The county was working cooperatively with the FBI when it reset the iCloud password at the FBI’s request,” read a post on San Bernardino County’s official Twitter account.
On Saturday, the Justice Department referred questions on the matter to the FBI.
The FBI did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/20/san-bernadino-county-fbi-gunman-apple-account
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