Lawmakers Question If Fbi Was Trying Hard Enough In San Bernardino Iphone Case

It’s been a few years since the Apple vs FBI case, where The FBI asked Apple if they could create a backdoor into their operating system for law enforcement to easily access iPhone data.

Apple, famously said no, that creating a backdoor would wreak havoc if left in the wrong hands. Today, Reuters reports that lawmakers believe that the FBI wasn’t trying hard enough, noting that the firm took the easy route.

Lawmakers are raising concerns that the FBI didn’t “exhaust the agency’s technical options” and that it went directly for the suite because it wanted to get something out of Apple.

Reuters points to the recent reports regarding security vendors such as Cellebrite and GrayShift, who unlock iPhones on a daily basis. It says that the FBI has a ‘Going Dark’ problem.

Earlier this week we reported that local police departments are now getting their hands on devices from GrayShift. It seems odd that the FBI wasn’t able to gain access to such a device and seems to corroborate the Reuters report that the FBI was simply trying to find a permanent backdoor solution from Apple.