Just FYI, there's been claims that these guys faked it. But on the other hand, there ARE other tools that can extract data from iPhones so you can bruteforce the encryption later.
I might look for the links later. Sent from my tablet Den 10 apr 2012 19:07 skrev "Randall Webmail" <[email protected]>: > Cop tools easily bypass 4-digit passcodes > > By John Leyden • Get more from this author > > Posted in Enterprise Security, 10th April 2012 08:22 GMT > > Analysis Forensic tools against smartphones allow basic 4-digit phone > passcodes to be bypassed in minutes. > > However, more complex passcodes are far more difficult to defeat and might > even leave some information of seized Androids or iPhones outside the range > of many tools, according to computer forensics experts. > > A YouTube video – which has since been pulled – that accompanied a recent > article by Forbes explained how Swedish firm Micro Systemation's XRY tool > enabled law enforcement official to bypass an iPhone passcode and gain > access to call records, location data, photos and other information in a > matter of minutes. > > The process is akin to jailbreaking and relies on exploiting > vulnerabilities on the device itself, rather than entering through any > backdoor. Once a device is jailbroken, the XRY utility is installed and > used to brute-force a passcode. [SNIP] > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/04/10/mobile_forensics/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > cryptography mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography > >
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