FBI director suggest agency paid over $1.3 million to hack iPhone


The FBI may have paid a unprecedented fee to hack the iPhone connected to the San Bernardino shooters. Based on comments from Director Comey, the FBI may have paid over $1.3 million. Reportedly nothing substantial was found on the phone. The disclosure came from Comey during a Q/A at a security conference.

Julia Edwards for Reuters:

Speaking at the Aspen Security Forum in London, Comey was asked by a moderator how much the FBI paid for the software that eventually broke into the iPhone.

"A lot. More than I will make in the remainder of this job, which is seven years and four months for sure," Comey said. "But it was, in my view, worth it."


Comey has a salary of $183,300, and if his specific timeframe is accurate, that puts fee at about $1.34 million.