Apple boss Tim Cook hits back at FBI investigation

Apple boss Tim Cook has hit back at the FBI over the handling of a court order to help unlock the iPhone of San Bernardino killer Syed Rizwan Farook.

Apple CEO Tim Cook said the decision to refuse the FBI was 'hard" but "right"

Mr Cook told ABC his company first learned of the controversial request when it was reported in the news media. "I don't think that's the way the railroad should be run," he said.

"I don't think that something so important to this country should be handled in this way."
However, a source close to the investigation told the BBC Mr Cook's claim was "simply not true", and that Apple's legal team was "the first to know".

A spokeswoman for the FBI said she did not wish to comment on Mr Cook's remarks.
Elsewhere, the New York Times reported that Apple had begun working on an upgrade to its devices which would make it impossible to break into an iPhone using the method proposed by the FBI in this case.