John McAfee: I will crack the terrorist's iPhone for the FBI in three weeks or eat my shoes on the air

John McAfee - in the center (Photo: Sean Gallagher)

The founder of McAfee, presidential candidate, information security specialist, John McAfee, decided to help the FBI extract the encrypted information from the phone of a terrorist who killed and injured dozens of people (the perpetrator was not one). The iPhone 5c smartphone in question contains the encrypted information that the FBI needs to investigate the case. The FBI asked for help from Apple (while the corporation has already provided all the available data from its servers), wishing to have a software tool that eliminates the restriction of 10 password attempts to gain access to all smartphone functions.

At this time, Apple refused to help , arguing that the FBI, in fact, asked to create a backdoor for the company's own smartphones. If this tool falls into unkind hands, it will be possible to forget about the privacy of mobile users, the attackers will get a “universal key” that will allow hacking millions of smartphones. Nevertheless, the FBI gained the support of the judicial system - the court ordered Apple to comply with the request of the FBI.

Now the situation continues to heat up, all new companies interfere, some of which support Apple, others - the government. The other day, another player appeared - John McAfee . He promised to get access to information on an encrypted smartphone for three weeks, with the support of his team. McAfee said that if the information cannot be obtained from a smartphone, he will eat his own shoes online.
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This information security specialist writes that he now works with the best hackers in the world who are regular participants in the Defcon hacker conference from Las Vegas, these are hacking legends, members of groups like HackMiami. “These are geniuses, with talents who are far from understanding an ordinary person. And 75% are social engineers, ” writes McAfee . The presidential candidate believes that his team will be able to easily hack the ill-fated smartphone, having obtained information - and the FBI will not have to put pressure on Apple.

“Here is my suggestion for the FBI. I will decode information for free from San Bernadino’s phone from my companies. We will use mainly social engineering, and it will take us three weeks. If you accept my proposal, then you do not need to ask Apple to place a backdoor in your product, which will mark the beginning of the end of America, ”McAfee reports.