An Israel company suddenly out: I helped unlock the FBI iPhone-FBI, privacy-IT information
According to Israel, Yediot reported, Israel called Cellebrite mobile forensic software vendors will help the United States Federal Bureau of investigation the iPhone unlock San Bernardino homicide gunmen.
According to people familiar with the matter said, if Cellebrite successfully unlocked the iPhone killer, the Federal Bureau of investigation does not need to seek help from Apple.
Cellebrite declined to comment about this.
Apple is working with United States Department of Justice lawsuit, focus of the dispute is whether Apple should comply with the judges order, writing a new piece of software to turn off password protection feature used iPhone killer.
Both sides had planned on Tuesday in court, but a federal judge on Monday agreed with the prosecutors delayed the hearing request, due to a third-party solution is proposed, might be able to open the iPhone.
Apple could trigger a lawsuit between the Federal Bureau of investigation and United States broader discussion community on data privacy, if Cellebrite would assist the Federal Bureau of investigation to unlock the iPhone, and the court battle may be at high risk of an abrupt end.
Cellebrite is Japan Sun, a subsidiary of the company, its revenues mainly from two operations: one forensic systems software, many law enforcement agencies, the military and intelligence agencies are using the software, another is to provide technical services for mobile retailers.
一家以色列公司突然杀出：我帮FBI解锁iPhone - FBI,隐私 - IT资讯
据以色列《新消息报》报道，以色列一家名为Cellebrite的移动法医软件供应商将帮助美国联邦调查局解锁圣贝纳迪诺凶杀案枪手所用的iPhone。
据知情人士称，如果Cellebrite能够成功解锁凶手的iPhone，联邦调查局就不需要向苹果寻求帮助了。
Cellebrite对此未予置评。
苹果正在跟美国司法部打官司，双方争议的焦点是苹果是否应该遵从法官命令，编写一款新软件来关闭凶手所用iPhone的密码保护功能。
双方原本计划在本周二对簿公堂，但联邦法官周一同意了检控官提出的推迟听证会的要求，原因是一家第三方提出了一种解决方案，或许可以打开加密的iPhone。
苹果与联邦调查局之间的官司有可能引发美国社会各界对数据隐私权展开更广泛的讨论，如果Cellebrite能够帮助联邦调查局解锁iPhone，这场高风险的法庭交锋就有可能戛然而止。
Cellebrite是日本Sun公司旗下的一家子公司，它的营收主要来自于两项业务：一项是法医系统软件，很多执法部门、军队和情报机构都使用了它的软件，另一项是为移动零售商提供技术服务。