By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
When Apple refused to help the FBI open an iPhone of one of the San Bernardino killers, the bureau sought help from experts worldwide.
They met with companies and hackers, but no one was able to bypass the security feature.
Then on March 20, a company came forward and demonstrated that they unlocked another iPhone. The FBI decided to give the San Bernardino phone a shot with the company this past weekend, ABC News reports.
“The FBI has now successfully retrieved the data stored” on the phone, the Justice Department announced just days ago.
The FBI has declined to identify the company, saying they arrived at a “mutual agreement.”
The solution was “generated as a result of the media attention,” a source told ABC News.
Now forensic examiners are trying to gather evidence from the phone.
