FBI bringing in hackers to access terrorist's locked iPhone

Washington

THE Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has come up with a strategy to get out of its messy court case with Apple over accessing a dead terrorist's iPhone: bring in the hackers. Yet, any new method the bureau uses to hack into iPhones may be short-lived - it may be obligated to give Apple the details so the company can fix the security gap.

At the FBI's request, a magistrate judge cancelled a court he…