The US State Department bought a service that unlocks iPhone by just 5000 yen per unit

If you unlock an iPhone including iPhone X, iPhone 8 etc at 50 dollars (about 5200 yen) per unit, you will receive an unlocking system with a super cheap unlocking systemGrayKey"The Motherboard reports that the US Department of State purchased it.

State Department Seemingly Buys $ 15,000 iPhone Cracking Tech GrayKey - Motherboard
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/kzxwwz/state-department-seemingly-buys-dollar15000-iphone-cracking-tech-graykey

GrayKey iPhone unlocker poses serious security concerns - Malwarebytes Labs | Malwarebytes Labs
https://blog.malwarebytes.com/security-world/2018/03/graykey-iphone-unlocker-poses-serious-security-concerns/

GrayKey is an American venture companyGrayshiftIt was an iPhone unlocking service that was developed, and it was calling a big topic because of its low price. Grayshift is a start-up company established in 2016 by Mr. David Miles independent of Endgame who developed NSA's hacking tool.

Connect two iPhones that you want to unlock to a dedicated machine that protrudes two Lightning cables and unlock it. At the same time it is possible to unlock two iPhones.


After connecting for about 2 minutes, when unlocking is completed, the passcode number will appear on the iPhone screen. According to Grayshift the time it takes to unlock it depends on the length of the passcode and it may take more than 3 days with the 6 digit passcode. According to Malwarebytes Labs who tried Grayshift, it seems that the lock number was displayed about 2 hours later.


According to Malwarebytes Labs, unlocking is also possible on iOS 11.2.5 terminals.


GrayKey uses an exclusive machine Unlimited plan is 30,000 dollars (about 3.1 million yen), but there is also an online plan that can cancel up to 300 terminals by $ 15,000 (about 1.6 million yen), and in this case , You can unlock iPhone at $ 50 per car (about 5200 yen).

Already,Police station in Indiana state had purchased GrayKey (online plan)It turned out that Motherboard has discovered the fact that the State Department has newly purchased GrayKey. The price seems to have bought an online plan for $ 15,000 and it is the same expenditure as "computer and computer peripheral equipment" same as when the police of Indiana state purchased.


Once FBI to unlock iPhone IsraelCellebriteIt has become obvious that he paid $ 900,000 (about 100 million yen) to the company. Compared to this, GrayKey of about 5000 yen per unit can be said to be cheap and Motherboard points out that there is a possibility of intensifying the price competition of the iPhone lock industry.