The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the USA. He paid more than $ 1 million to a group of "hackers" professionals to help you access the iPhone used by the author of shooting in San Bernardino (California) last December that killed 14 people dead.
FBI Director James Comey, avoided reveal the exact amount that was paid to hackers, but indicated that this was more than what he charged around the time left in office.
"(They were paid) a lot. More than I get paid what I left in this work, which is seven years and four months, for sure," said Comey when asked about how much money was paid for the technology that allowed access the iPhone.
The FBI director's salary is public and amounts to $ 181,500 per year, so the total will charge Comey from today until he leaves office will be approximately $ 1,331,000.
As is clear from the words of Comey, the group of "hackers" was paid a figure higher than that amount.
The FBI agreed to your Rizwan Farook, responsible with his wife, Malik Tashfeen the death of 14 people in December in California, after a long legal dispute and that Apple refused to lend their support.
The company claimed that demand access to government, put at risk the privacy of all your devices