By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
FBI Director James Comey said the FBI “purchased a tool” to unlock an iPhone of one of the San Bernardino shooters.
Comey, who made the disclosure during a speech at Ohio’s Kenyon College, didn’t elaborate on the technology.
“The people that we bought this [tool] from – I know a fair amount about them and I have a high degree of confidence that they are very good at protecting it, and their motivations align with ours,” Comey said during a question-and-answer period following his talk, Fox News reports.
The FBI is expected to share details with some members of Congress.
Comey said the technology only works on an iPhone 5C.
“This doesn’t work on [an iPhone] 6S, doesn’t work in a 5S, and so we have a tool that works on a narrow slice of phones,” he added.
