NEW YORK – Inside a steel-encased vault in lower Manhattan, investigators are bombarding an Apple iPhone 7 with a jumble of numerical codes generated by nearby computers.
The grinding exercise has continued for the past 21 months with a singular aim: Crack the phone's passcode so police can extract potential evidence in an aging attempted murder investigation.
Despite the formidable resources of a $10 million cyber lab operated by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office—including costly assistance provided by private sleuths—so far the phone has won.
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