FBI Unlocked iPhone Using GrayKey Tool
With clear information and evidence, it was reported that the FBI had circumvented an iPhone device. iPhone 11 Max and other versions of the iPhone devices were decrypted and activated by the FBI using Forensics Tools called GrayKey Tool developed by Grayshift company headquarters in Atlanta – GA, United States.
The GrayKey Forensics Tool developed by Grayshift is being used by the FBI Cyber Action Teams and other FBI cyber units around the world and other law enforcement agencies around the world use GrayKey Tool to crack passwords on iPhones. Law enforcement agencies around the world use GrayKey for unlocking by cracking passwords for data extraction purposes after unlocking successfully.
The GrayKey developed and sold by Grayshift company unlocks an iPhone with a 4-digit passcode but takes longer if iPhone owner/suspect used 6-digit passcode.
A similar Forensics tool that performs that way or more than GrayKey is a Universal Forensic Extraction Device (UFED). The UFED was developed and managed by an Israel-based company called Cellebrite. In Feb 2018, Israel-based Cellebrite discovered a solution that helps government agencies around the to unlock encrypted iPhones running iOS 11. Likewise, Grayshift launched the GrayKey tool early last year, and is still being used to date by the FBI.
The UFED tools unlock, decrypt, and also perform the extraction of phone data, including mobile call logs, SMS, media file contacts, passwords, and chats. UFED can also extract private information without a passcode on any accounts from Facebook, Gmail, cloud, Dropbox, and WhatsApp.