◆ SpookStack

mt em mente i nn nnn nnn nn nn nnn nee een nee ee nnn ean eee OE ON EEL BELEN EE OAL Be EG AES WDE Nt RNS Wie «8 OE RA pg Lele A SG NB Pert Nite Tes | il eR ARN ily Diy pay Dan Ban nat Pee ol eles Diy ty ot th ys NY ms I ir tl SESRET/ORCONNOFORN— bl -1 b3 -1 b4 -1 n December 2, 2015, Sayed Farook and his wife opened fire on approximately 80 of his coworkers at the San Bernadino Department of Public Health holiday party. Fourteen people were killed and twenty were injured. The attack was deemed a terrorist incident. The FBI, which has lead agency investigative authority for counterterrorism matters, took charge of the investigation. One challenge the FB1 encountered, as it conducted its investigation, was the inability to access data on the iphone 5C that San Bernadino County issued Farook in connection with his employment. The data Is potentially critical to the FBI’s investigation, as it could reveal, among other things, terrorist ties and individual contacts maintained by Farook. Exploiting this information could help the FBI determine whether the attack in San Bernadino was an isolated incident or whether it was part of a broader plan supported by a terrorist network. (U) The FBI’s inability to access Farook’s data was due to the encryption features deployed by Apple’s iOS 9.0.2, the operating system. In an effort to compel Apple’s assistance in extracting the data it sought, the FBI obtained, in February 2016, an order mandating such assistance from Sheri Pym, Magistrate Judge for the Central District of California. Apple contested that order and legal proceedings ensued. During the course of those proceedings, the FBI continued to search for a way to access Farook’s data without Apple’s assistance. AP-119 b7E -1, -2