On Monday, the U.S. government suddenly pressed pause in its encryption battle with Apple—a case that stands to make or break a precedent for building a government “back door” into secure technologies. FBI lawyers requested that a court hearing originally scheduled for today be postponed until after April 5. The reason? An unknown “outside party demonstrated to the FBI a possible method for unlocking [San Bernardino shooter Syed Rizwan] Farook’s iPhone” that would “eliminate the need for the assistance from Apple.”
On Wednesday, it was revealed that Israeli mobile forensic software provider Cellebrite was likely the firm enlisted to help the FBI. If the FBI’s version of events is correct, writes Andrea Castillo, Cellebrite contacted the FBI “out of the blue” just before the agency was heading into a difficult court case. Talk about good luck.
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