FBI asks Apple to hack iPhones from San Bernadino attacks

[Rreemo]

I got a laugh out of this....

"And why do the best hackers on the planet not work for the FBI? Because the FBI will not hire anyone with a 24-inch purple mohawk, 10-gauge ear piercings, and a tattooed face who demands to smoke weed while working and won't work for less than a half-million dollars a year," he wrote.

I wonder if Intel kept all of his circus freaks as part of the acquisition.....and funny enough, he was quoted as saying this following Intel's announcement to drop his name from that subsidiary....

"I am now everlastingly grateful to Intel for freeing me from this terrible association with the worst software on the planet. These are not my words, but the words of millions of irate users."

What a kook!

[Baron Von Crowder]

I got a laugh out of this....

"And why do the best hackers on the planet not work for the FBI? Because the FBI will not hire anyone with a 24-inch purple mohawk, 10-gauge ear piercings, and a tattooed face who demands to smoke weed while working and won't work for less than a half-million dollars a year," he wrote.

I wonder if Intel kept all of his circus freaks as part of the acquisition.....and funny enough, he was quoted as saying this following Intel's announcement to drop his name from that subsidiary....

"I am now everlastingly grateful to Intel for freeing me from this terrible association with the worst software on the planet. These are not my words, but the words of millions of irate users."

What a kook!

Ha!

At my last gig, we hired an IT guy, and he came in wearing a suit, did a reasonably good job in the interview,etc. His first day he was wearing a tshirt, pants one level higher than sweat pants, and was sporting a ninja turtles backpack. He didnt make it a week.

[Forever_frost]

Ha!

At my last gig, we hired an IT guy, and he came in wearing a suit, did a reasonably good job in the interview,etc. His first day he was wearing a tshirt, pants one level higher than sweat pants, and was sporting a ninja turtles backpack. He didnt make it a week.

I find that holds true in IT and security. The really good guys don't fit in well with the suit and tie cookie cutter idea.

[Baron Von Crowder]

I find that holds true in IT and security. The really good guys don't fit in well with the suit and tie cookie cutter idea.

Eh, he wasnt really good, and his attitude was horrible. I really dont know if he quit or got canned, I was out of the office for a few days and came back to him being gone. From what I saw, he did more complaining about having work to do than he did any real work.

[Rreemo]

Ha!

At my last gig, we hired an IT guy, and he came in wearing a suit, did a reasonably good job in the interview,etc. His first day he was wearing a tshirt, pants one level higher than sweat pants, and was sporting a ninja turtles backpack. He didnt make it a week.

Ninja Turtles backpack...for real? Now THAT is funny!

As you know, I manage IT consultants...and man, we've come across plenty of weird ones. They have to dress at least business casual when they are onsite with our clients, but when they are just coming into our office there isn't an enforced dress code - some of them take that to an extreme too.

I had a customer call me with a complaint recently - haven't seen her myself, but apparently a pretty hot middle-aged exec type from what I've heard. Her complaint was that our guy kept grabbing/adjusting his junk while he was delivering a workshop to her folks. She said worse, that when she was talking to him 1:1 after the session, he stared at her mouth the whole time. LOL! It was all I could do to keep from busting out laughing when I was on the phone with her. The Dude is indeed a creep too..."puts the lotion on it's skin" type of creep.

[Baron Von Crowder]

Ninja Turtles backpack...for real? Now THAT is funny!

As you know, I manage IT consultants...and man, we've come across plenty of weird ones. They have to dress at least business casual when they are onsite with our clients, but when they are just coming into our office there isn't an enforced dress code - some of them take that to an extreme too.

I had a customer call me with a complaint recently - haven't seen her myself, but apparently a pretty hot middle-aged exec type from what I've heard. Her complaint was that our guy kept grabbing/adjusting his junk while he was delivering a workshop to her folks. She said worse, that when she was talking to him 1:1 after the session, he stared at her mouth the whole time. LOL! It was all I could do to keep from busting out laughing when I was on the phone with her. The Dude is indeed a creep too..."puts the lotion on it's skin" type of creep.

I bet some real winners roll through.

We ended up with a really cool dude, laid back, excellent with layout and design that sped up a ton of the implementation for us. He moved up from Houston so we hung out after work a few times. We called in a temp-to-hire deal, and this guy was well dressed, good worker, pretty good prospect to hire. They went to happy hour one night, and the temp dude offered up a crack rock!

[DON SVO]

I bet some real winners roll through.

We ended up with a really cool dude, laid back, excellent with layout and design that sped up a ton of the implementation for us. He moved up from Houston so we hung out after work a few times. We called in a temp-to-hire deal, and this guy was well dressed, good worker, pretty good prospect to hire. They went to happy hour one night, and the temp dude offered up a crack rock!

He sounds like a very happy guy.

[BLAKE]

Ha!

At my last gig, we hired an IT guy, and he came in wearing a suit, did a reasonably good job in the interview,etc. His first day he was wearing a tshirt, pants one level higher than sweat pants, and was sporting a ninja turtles backpack. He didnt make it a week.

My every-day backpack:

[mstng86]

How many 8 balls do you fit in that?

[Forever_frost]

Oh this gets better:

http://abcnews.go.com/US/san-bernardino-shooters-apple-id-passcode-changed-government/story?id=37066070&nwltr=abcn_tco

The password for the San Bernardino shooter's iCloud account associated with his iPhone was reset hours after authorities took possession of the device.

The Justice Department acknowledged in its court filing that the password of Syed Farook's iCloud account had been reset. The filing states, "the owner [San Bernardino County Department of Public Health], in an attempt to gain access to some information in the hours after the attack, was able to reset the password remotely, but that had the effect of eliminating the possibility of an auto-backup."

Apple could have recovered information from the iPhone had the iCloud password not been reset, the company said. If the phone was taken to a location where it recognized the Wi-Fi network, such as the San Bernardino shooters' home, it could have been backed up to the cloud, Apple suggested.

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The auto reset was executed by a county information technology employee, according to a federal official. Federal investigators only found out about the reset after it had occurred and that the county employee acted on his own, not on the orders of federal authorities, the source said.

Apple executives say the iPhone was in the possession of the government when iCloud password was reset. A federal official familiar with the investigation confirmed that federal investigators were indeed in possession of the phone when the reset occurred.

Missing the opportunity for a backup was crucial because some of the information stored on the phone would have been backed up to the iCloud and could have potentially been retrieved. According to court records, the iPhone had not been backed up since Oct. 19, 2015, one-and-a-half months before the attack and that this “indicates to the FBI that Farook may have disabled the automatic iCloud backup function to hide evidence.”

The development comes as the Justice Department is pushing forward with its legal fight against Apple, urging a federal judge to compel the tech giant to help the FBI crack open an iPhone left behind by Farook.

Farook, who along with his wife, Tashfeen Malik, launched a deadly assault on Dec. 2, 2015, killing 14 of Farook's coworkers at a holiday party.

The Justice Department has asked Apple to turn off the feature that erases an iPhone's data after 10 failed attempts to unlock the device so that investigators can run all possible combinations to break the four-digit passcode on Farook's phone. A federal judge ordered Apple to help the FBI but the company has said it plans to fight the order.

Prosecutors said Farook's device could be encrypted to the point that its content would be "permanently inaccessible," and, "Apple has the exclusive technical means which would assist the government in completing its search."

After the court order, Apple quickly vowed to challenge the decision.

"The United States government has demanded that Apple take an unprecedented step which threatens the security of our customers," Apple CEO Tim Cook said in a statement to customers Tuesday night. "[T]his order ... has implications far beyond the legal case at hand."

"The FBI wants us to make a new version of the iPhone operating system, circumventing several important security features, and install it on [the shooter's] iPhone," Cook added. "In the wrong hands, this software -- which does not exist today -- would have the potential to unlock any iPhone in someone’s physical possession."

In addition, all of the personal and sensitive information on customers' phones "needs to be protected from hackers and criminals who want to access it, steal it, and use it without our knowledge or permission," Cook wrote.

If the battle between the FBI and Apple continues, it's a matter that could work its way up to the U.S. Supreme Court.

[David]

Govt gained access. No longer needs Apples help.

[lowthreeohz]

They could have done it all along

[David]

They could have done it all along

Of course they could have. They just wanted to set an example that the courts could force a business into cooperating.

[jakesford]

Govt gained access. No longer needs Apples help.

Did they end up using that Israeli security company to do it? I heard something about it, but haven't kept up with the articles.

[Mysticcobrakilla]

Did they end up using that Israeli security company to do it? I heard something about it, but haven't kept up with the articles.

Are you talking about NICE?