FBI spills iPhone hacking secret to senators

The FBI may be keeping Apple in the dark about how it broke into an iPhone used by a terrorist. But now it’s letting some members of Congress in on the secret.

The law enforcement agency has started briefing some US Senators about how it accessed data stored on an iPhone 5C used by Syed Farook, one of the people involved in December’s San Bernardino, California, terrorist attack that killed 14 people. That phone has been at the heart of a contentious and very public battle between Apple and the FBI — one that has turned into a broader debate over privacy and security.