The publication in 2013 by Edward Snowden of information about electronic surveillance conducted by U.S. intelligence services, has seriously complicated the work of the FBI. According to the newspaper the Wall Street Journal, then Apple has become much been more skeptical attitude to the requests of the authorities to help crack the iPhone belonging to the suspect.
Since 2008, when Apple received the first such request, the company helped to gain access to information from more than 70 smartphones. But the last 13 complaints had been rejected, including those relating to apparatus belonging to one of the performers of last year’s terrorist attack in California – Saeed Farouk. CEO Tim cook said, the Corporation does not intend to transfer to the secret service software that allows you to hack the iPhone, as this will jeopardize the receipt by the authorities of personal data of users.
Change its position it did not help the appeal of the US Department of justice in the court. The litigation was sorted out within a few months, until then while the authorities fail to solve the problem. In late March the FBI gained access to the coveted iPhone, and the U.S. justice Department asked the court to overturn an order requiring Apple to assist the authorities of hacking into the device.
Saeed Farooq and his wife Tashfin Malik December 2, 2015 tripled fire in the center for the disabled in the U.S. city of San Bernardino, in the attack and 14 people were killed and 21 were injured. The attackers were eliminated, the responsibility for the attack claimed by the group “Islamic state”.
