DNI Gabbard Warned UK Order for Backdoor Apple Data Puts Americans at Risk

Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard has received a warning about an order from the UK government demanding backdoor access to data from American tech giant Apple.

DNI Gabbard received the warning in a bipartisan letter from congressional lawmakers.

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) penned a letter to Gabbard warning that the United Kingdom‘s reported new order jeopardizes Americans.

The letter referenced recent press reports that the UK’s home secretary “served Apple with a secret order last month, directing the company to weaken the security of its iCloud backup service to facilitate government spying.”

The directive reportedly requires the company to weaken the encryption of its iCloud backup service.

The UK government is pressuring Apple to grant it the “blanket capability” to access customers’ encrypted files.