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Mar 22 16 9:51 AM
A judge has cancelled a high-profile hearing between Apple and the US government after the FBI made the surprise announcement it might have found its own way to hack an iPhone at the centre of the legal dispute.In a motion filed late on Monday in federal court, government lawyers said an "outside party" had shown law enforcement a possible method for unlocking the iPhone 5c used by Syed Rizwan Farook, who with his wife killed 14 people in a terrorism attack on December 2 in San Bernardino, California.The government said it needed time to test the method and if it proved viable, "it should eliminate the need for the assistance from Apple" that had led it to a courtroom showdown."We must first test this method to ensure it doesn't destroy the data on the phone, but we remain cautiously optimistic," US Department of Justice spokesperson Melanie Newman said in a statement to US media.The court ordered Apple in February to write and install a new version of the device's operating system to bypass a security protocol that will destroy stored data after too many failed password attempts.
A judge has cancelled a high-profile hearing between Apple and the US government after the FBI made the surprise announcement it might have found its own way to hack an iPhone at the centre of the legal dispute.
In a motion filed late on Monday in federal court, government lawyers said an "outside party" had shown law enforcement a possible method for unlocking the iPhone 5c used by Syed Rizwan Farook, who with his wife killed 14 people in a terrorism attack on December 2 in San Bernardino, California.
The government said it needed time to test the method and if it proved viable, "it should eliminate the need for the assistance from Apple" that had led it to a courtroom showdown.
"We must first test this method to ensure it doesn't destroy the data on the phone, but we remain cautiously optimistic," US Department of Justice spokesperson Melanie Newman said in a statement to US media.
The court ordered Apple in February to write and install a new version of the device's operating system to bypass a security protocol that will destroy stored data after too many failed password attempts.
Read more @ http://www.news.com.au/world/breaking-news/apple-us-government-go-to-court-over-hack/news-story/121bde8db08e66f75374063b56861af0
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