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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
by kahirsch 11y ago
"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."[1]
[1]http://abcnews.go.com/US/san-bernardino-shooters-apple-id-passcode-changed-government/story?id=37066070 http://abcnews.go.com/US/san-bernardino-shooters-apple-id-pa...
- alblue 11y agoThat's not the information reported by Reuters this morning [2] "San Bernardino County reset the password on the iCloud account at the request of the FBI, said county spokesman David Wert." Sounds like both sides are blaming each other for the event. [2] http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0VS2GC http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0VS2GC
- toyg 11y agoThat's actually the best piece of news coming out of the whole affair at this point: despite almost 10 years of practice, authorities still don't have a consistent procedure to deal with iPhones, not even relatively old models. Some groups here and there might know it, but it has not trickled down to average grunts.
- sehugg 11y agoThe DOJ had a chance to make that detail clear in their filing to the court, and they did not. It's hard to believe that was an unintentional omission. The judge will probably wag a finger at them -- although in the previous case in October they stonewalled and pissed off the judge royally but still won.
- GirlProgrammer 11y agoThis county employee should be arrested and charged with destroying evidence.