The head of the FBI today denied that the agency’s mysterious “outside party” had proposed digitally copying the contents of the processor in the San Bernardino terrorist’s iPhone as the solution to gaining access to the device’s data.
“It doesn’t work,” said Director James Comey when asked about the technique, called “NAND mirroring,” during a press conference announcing the indictment of seven Iranian nationals on charges of launching cyberattacks against U.S. banks and accessing the computerized control systems of a dam north of New York City.
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Source: COMPUTER WORLD