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USAT: Justice Department to withdraw legal action against Apple. Outside hacking proved successful.
Antibody
Mar 28, 15:36
yeah I don't know why they needed Apple...I assumed they had a long list of captured hackers to choose from =P
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tealfan
Mar 28, 18:26
So much for Apple's much trumpeted security.
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hyperzeitgeist
Mar 29, 01:33
do you not understand there are a finite number of 4-digit PIN code combinations on EVERY phone that can be brute forced, right?
BSmurf
Mar 29, 07:32
My understanding is that Apple's security measures meant that the phone bricks and blocks access to data after a very limited number of
RogerMore
Mar 29, 08:12
You're correct in that sense. The workaround "hack" was a brute force attack by cloning the phone and testing PIN combinations
BSmurf
Mar 29, 08:37
Ah, I see. Thanks
RogerMore
Mar 29, 10:50
That's just conjecture considering the actual method used is 'classified'.
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hyperzeitgeist
Mar 29, 15:14
Of course, there's suspicion that they did NOT get the phone hacked... just saving face while making Apple's security claims look weak.
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edzep - Port Monkey!
Mar 29, 15:26