FBI informed Apple Inc of a vulnerability in its iPhone and iMac software on April 14. However, FBI will not tell Apple how it extracted data from the iPhone 5c belonging to terrorist Syed Rizwan Farook.
After a lengthy battle, the FBI released a statement on Tuesday saying it won't share the iPhone unlocking mechanism it used in unlocking the San Bernardino shooter's device. While FBI has coordinated with a contractor to open the encrypted iPhone, it argued that the agency doesn't own the mechanism.
On Thursday, Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey revealed the agency paid more to get into the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino shooters than he will make in the remaining seven years and four months he has in his job.
Apple will pay $24.9 million to Dynamic Advances, which claim that Apple’s Siri violate a patent licensed to the company. The settlement was made one month after the case is due to trial.
