There are obviously security bugs in Apple&#x27;s code, almost certainly some which allow for breaking into a device. That&#x27;s even more likely to be true because the device in question wasn&#x27;t fully updated.<p>However, the situation as I see it is this: The FBI realized they were going to lose their legal battle to compel Apple to unlock the phone in question. They then retracted their suit to avoid a precedent being set against them, and announced &quot;don&#x27;t worry guys, we got in anyway&quot; to deflect attention from that particular iPhone, which they had argued was where the situation would end in the first place.<p>Your explanation is certainly possible, I just don&#x27;t think it&#x27;s as likely that they would really spend $1m on this phone which in all likelihood has nothing of value on it to begin with.