CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA — The FBI is asking for Apple's help in mining data that's locked behind a passcode on a phone used by Syed Rizwan Farook and his wife Tashfeen Malik leading up to the San Bernardino shooting on Dec. 2.

The FBI believe key details regarding the San Bernardino shooting may be encrypted on the terrorists iPhone. However, if investigators enter the wrong passcode too many times, the phone will be wiped clean.

The FBI asked Apple to help them unlock the phone but Apple CEO Tim Cook says this is "an overreach by the U.S. government."

In a statement released by Apple, Tim Cook said, "We are challenging the FBI's demands with the deepest respect for American democracy and a love of our country. We believe it would be in the best interest of everyone to step back and consider the implications."

If Apple were to say open a backdoor for the FBI to access data on the shooters phone, it would compromise the security of all iPhone users and potentially give the U.S. government access any iPhone in their possession.

The feds are citing the All Writs Act of 1789 to make their case while Tim Cook is sticking to his guns about protecting iPhone users' security.

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