FBI expected to oppose sharing Apple hack

Published April 27, 2016 3:19pm ET



Officials at the FBI are going to recommend against sharing the details of a tool that was used to hack into an Apple iPhone, and will soon submit a letter to the White House making their case.

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The issue had been slated for review by an interagency panel tasked by the White House to disclose cybersecurity flaws discovered by federal agencies. However, as several reports on Tuesday evening indicated, the FBI is expected to argue that it does not understand how the hacking tool works, and that it should therefore be exempt from the review process.

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