Apple–FBI encryption dispute
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The Apple–FBI encryption dispute concerns whether and to what extent courts in the United States can compel manufacturers to assist in unlocking cell phones whose data are cryptographically protected.
An iPhone 5C (color), the model used by one of the perpetrators of the 2015 San Bernardino attack
James Comey, former FBI director
Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple Inc. Cook and former FBI Director Comey have both spoken publicly about the case.
2015 San Bernardino attack
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On December 2, 2015, an Islamic terrorist attack, consisting of a mass shooting and an attempted bombing, occurred at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, California, United States. The perpe
Apple–FBI encryption dispute
…create and electronically sign new software that would enable the FBI to unlock a work-issued iPhone 5C it recovered from one of the shooters who, in a December 2015 terrorist attack in San Bernardino, California, killed 14 people and injured 22. The two attackers later died in a shootout with police, having first destroyed their…
The shooters' Ford Expedition SUV, involved in the shootout Released by the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department