FBI: Apple hack doesn’t work on newer iPhones

Apr07

by Sindy Cator on April 7, 2016 at 5:36 pm

While the FBI has been relatively tight-lipped about the method it used to unlock San Bernardino shooter Syed Farook’s iPhone, Director James Comey opened up a bit last night in a speech at Kenyon College. “It’s a bit of a technological corner case, because the world has moved on to sixes,” Comey said, in response to a question. “This doesn’t work on sixes, doesn’t work on a 5s. So we have a tool that works on a narrow slice of phones.” Comey didn’t elaborate beyond that point other than to say he was “pretty confident” that the hack wouldn’t work…