FBI稱解鎖方法不適用5s及以上的新款iPhone

The Federal Bureau of Investigation's secret method for unlocking the iPhone 5c used by one of the San Bernardino shooters will not work on newer models, FBI Director James Comey said.

美國聯邦調查局局長詹姆斯·科米近日表示，FBI用於破解聖貝納迪諾槍擊案案犯的iPhone 5C的方法並不適用於新款的iPhone。

"We have a tool that works on a narrow slice of phones," Comey said at a conference on encryption and surveillance at Kenyon College in Ohio late on last Wednesday.

上週三晚，科米在肯尼恩學院召開的祕密監控會議上表示：“我們的方法僅僅適用於幾款機型。”

Comey added that the technique would not work on the iPhone 5s and the later models iPhone 6 and 6s. The iPhone 5c model was introduced in 2013 and has since been discontinued by Apple as newer models have become available.

科米補充說道，FBI所採取的破解方法並不適用於iPhone 5s和其後推出的iPhone6以及6s。iPhone 5c於2013年推出，在蘋果公司推出新產品之後停產。

The Justice Department said in March it had unlocked the San Bernardino shooter's iPhone with the help of an unidentified third party and dropped its case against Apple Inc , ending a high-stakes legal clash but leaving the broader fight over encryption unresolved.

今年三月份，司法部門表示，在匿名第三方的幫助下已經解鎖了槍擊案案犯的iPhone手機，並且停止了和蘋果公司的訴訟。雖然這一結果結束了一場高風險法律衝突，但是也爲未解決的加密問題留下了更多的爭議。

As the technique cannot be used to break into newer models, law enforcement authorities will likely have to lean on Apple to help them access the devices involved in other cases.

鑑於當下技術並不能破解新款機型，執法部門在別的案子中還將可能要依賴蘋果公司替他們破解嫌疑人的手機。

The Justice Department has asked a New York court to force Apple to unlock an iPhone 5s related to a drug investigation.

此前，司法部還要求紐約一家法院強行讓蘋果公司破解一臺涉及毒品調查的iPhone 5s手機。

If the government continues to pursue that case, the technology company could potentially use legal discovery to force the FBI to reveal what technique it used, a source familiar with the situation told Reuters.

一位熟悉情況的人士告知路透社，如果政府選擇繼續追查這個案子，蘋果公司很可能會使用合法查詢手段來迫使PBI公佈其破解方法。