Buzzfeed:
The Justice Department (DOJ) announced Monday that it had successfully accessed data on the iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters and that it was dropping its case against Apple to help unlock the phone.
Investigators are no longer seeking Apple’s help to penetrate the device, according to a court filing by the DOJ Monday.
In a call with reporters Monday evening, a law enforcement official said the FBI is currently reviewing the iPhone’s data, which it obtained through the assistance of an outside party. The method they used, he said, worked on an iPhone 5c running iOS 9, but added that it was “premature to say anything about our abilities to access other phones.”
And there you have it.
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