US government 'may not need Apple's help to unlock attacker's iPhone'

The US government has said it may not need Apple's help to unlock an encrypted iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino attackers.

In a filing late yesterday, federal prosecutors said "an outside party" came forward over the weekend and showed the FBI a possible method for unlocking the phone used by gunman Syed Farook in the December 2 terror attack in California.