Report: Terrorist’s iPhone turned out to be useless

Published April 14, 2016 8:31pm ET



The iPhone at the center of the months-long battle between Apple and the FBI contained nothing of interest, according to a recent report.

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The information was disclosed to CBS News by an unnamed source late on Wednesday. The iPhone 5c, which had been used by the perpetrators of December’s terrorist attack in California, served as the focal point of national controversy for more than a month. The FBI had sought to compel Apple’s assistance in accessing the contents of the device before finally discovering a way to hack it without aid from the company.

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