Technique known as NAND mirroring,which focuses on bypassing limit on password retry attempts, can be used to break into any model up to the 6The FBI paid more than $1.3m to unlock the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone 5C, or but one computer scientist from Cambridge University has shown that the passcodes can be hacked using a store-bought kit worth less than $100.
Sergei Skorobogatov demonstrated a technique known as NAND mirroring – dismissed by the FBI director,James Comey, as being unworkable – to break into any model of iPhone up to the iPhone 6, or including the iPhone 5C. He outlined the attack in a paper published final week as well as a YouTube video.
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Source: theguardian.com