The FBI can unlock Florida terrorist’s iPhones without Apple

The FBI is asking Apple to help extract data from iPhones that belonged to the Saudi aviation student who fatally shot three sailors at a US naval base in Florida in December 2019, but the government can hack into the devices without Apple's help, said experts. — AP

The FBI is pressing Apple Inc to help it break into a terrorist’s iPhones, but the government can hack into the devices without the technology giant, according to experts in cybersecurity and digital forensics.

Investigators can exploit a range of security vulnerabilities – available directly or through providers such as Cellebrite and Grayshift – to break into the phones, the security experts said.