Or, it's disinformation and a way for FBI to step down without losing face. They now know how many companies they are up against. Tim Cook is not going to budge and they know that. Given tacit's explanation, I am somewhat dubious what the FBI is saying is true. There are many good hackers out there, the info on iPhones is valuable to every one of them, and I'm certain they have tried everything possible to get it.
Virtual1 is right about not revealing code breaking in times of war. If they knew how to crack the phone, then no doubt they would have been using it for some time previously to this, not to unlock a work phone when the personal phone was destroyed. This was a high profile case where they could rally public pressure. Let's wait and see if the Sheriff in Florida gets the FBI to unlock that phone...
It could also be a way to retaliate against Tim Cook and hurt sales. Now the pressure is on him to make an iphone even more secure and there will be even more public pressure against that.
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