The FBI is trying to crack open another password-locked iPhone, this time belonging to Dahir Adan, the perpetrator of a knife attack on a Minnesota mall in which 10 people were stabbed. But the case echoes the FBI’s attempts to access an iPhone belonging to Syed Farook, the San Bernardino shooter, in February. The iPhone wipes all data if an incorrect password is entered a number of times. Director James Comey said the FBI had paid about $1.3m for the hack, though it was not known where they purchased it. He was a resident of St Cloud, Minnesota, which is estimated to have the largest Somali community in the US.

Source: The Guardian October 07, 2016 20:37 UTC