Pieces of an iPhone are seen in a repair store in New York, February 17, 2016. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File photo
WASHINGTON: The FBI paid under US$1mil (RM3.91mil) for the technique used to unlock the iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters – a figure smaller than the US$1.3mil (RM5.08mil) the agency's chief initially indicated the hack cost, several US government sources said.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation will be able to use the technique to unlock other iPhone 5C models running iOS 9 – the specifications of the shooter's phone – without additional payment to the contractor who provided it, these people added.
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