£120 code cracker that can unlock an iPhone in six hours

£120 code cracker that can unlock an iPhone in six hours: so hands up, FBI, why did it take you FOUR months to access jihadi's phone? | Daily Mail Online

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An investigation by The Mail on Sunday found the gadget, sold openly on the internet, could be used to gain access to private and confidential details stored on Apple iPhones, including photographs, emails, contact details and call histories. Using the device – called an IP Box – this newspaper was able to break the passcode of an Apple iPhone 5C, the model that America’s Federal Bureau of Investigation had been fighting to access in order to gain information about a terrorist massacre.

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