The tool used in the San Bernardino case will work only on the iPhone 5C running an iOS 9 operating system. Comey said Wednesday that the bureau purchased only the tool, not the rights to the software flaw. (AP)[FBI won’t reveal method for hacking San Bernardino terrorist’s iPhonel]The FBI spent what Comey said was “a lot of money” to buy the tool from a company that specializes in such exploits. In March, the FBI purchased a tool that exploited an Apple software flaw to hack into the phone of a shooter from the attack last year in San Bernardino, Calif. The FBI has found a way into San Bernardino Syed Farook's iPhone, and is now dropping bids to force Apple to help them crack into the phone.

Source: Washington Post May 11, 2016 16:57 UTC