FBI found no significant information on cracked iPhone so far

The FBI has so far found no useful or noteworthy information on the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone. The investigative service was recently able to access the device with the help of third parties.

However, the FBI is said to be still analyzing the information on the iPhone, sources told CBS News. The service recently managed to access the phone using a third party. It was initially suspected that it was the Israeli company Cellebrite, but on Wednesday it was rumored that a group of hackers would have assisted the FBI.

The way the phone was hacked is unlikely to be disclosed, as Apple had previously indicated that it does not want to sue the FBI for access to the information. The only thing known about the tech so far is that it wouldn’t work on iPhone models newer than the 5C.

In addition, the organization that assisted the FBI would acquire ownership of the applied technology, Reuters reports citing US government sources. The Vulnerabilities Equities Process, which allows the government to expose vulnerabilities in software, is by no means applied in all cases and would also not lend itself to disclosing vulnerabilities discovered by private companies and owned by these companies.

The FBI cannot submit the technology to the disclosure process without permission from the company, which the sources say is based outside the US. In addition, the FBI would also not know the exact content of the technique, and could only confirm that it had indeed worked. The legal battle between Apple and the investigative service is not over yet, as the US government recently announced an appeal in another case involving an iPhone 5s.