Apple drags UK government to court over 'backdoor' order

Apple has filed a first-of-its-kind complaint with the UK Investigatory Powers Tribunal challenging a Home Office technical capability notice seeking a backdoor to iCloud; in response, Apple disabled Advanced Data Protection for UK users, leaving certain iCloud data not end-to-end encrypted and accessible under warrant. The report details the legal and policy dispute, governmental justifications, privacy advocates’ criticisms, and international scrutiny, rather than describing a specific cyber incident or technical compromise.