The UK government is continuing its bid to access Apple’s user data, this time with a demand to routinely access iCloud backups of its citizenry.
UK Houses of Parliament
UK Houses of Parliament
In August, the UK government seemingly backed down from its backdoor access mandate, apparently dropping the initiative against user data held by Apple. A month later, and it seems to be trying a different attack vector.
A new UK Home Office order issued in early September demands that Apple makes a way for officials to access encrypted cloud backups, according to a report on Wednesday from Financial Times.