Hacking iPhone FBI took 'over 1 million'

- The FBI had lost more than $ 1.3 million to break into the iPhone San Bernardino terrorist Syed Farook. Reuters reports that according to statements by FBI Director James Comey.

Comey said at the Aspen Security Forum in London when asked how much the FBI has paid for the software needed to hack Apple's smartphone. The CEO responded that it at least cost more than what he will earn the remainder of his job. The director has seven years and four months until his retirement.

The head of the FBI has an annual salary of 183. 000 dollars. Precisely seven years is that 1.34 million dollars. This would ever be the highest amount paid for a hacking technique. Volgends the US security company Zerodium was previously the highest amount paid 1 million.

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The federal institution Apple continued for months under pressure to cooperate with the unlocking of the device. Apple refused and followed a lawsuit, which was won by the tech giant from Cupertino.

But the FBI had to crack eventually, with the help of professional hackers, yet the iPhone for another. Apple demanded in turn that the FBI poured out which method is used for hacking in order to restore the security breach.