Apple and Meta were both tricked into sharing user data with hackers who posed as law enforcement, according to a new report.
giants handed over subscriber details such as customers' home addresses and phone numbers to imposters who forged the legal requests and submitted them sometime in mid-2021.APPLE CONSIDERING MORE CHIP SUPPLIERS INCLUDING CHINA: REPORT
Apple declined to comment but pointed to its Law Enforcement Guidelines, which state that "If a government or law enforcement agency seeks customer data in response to an Emergency Government & Law Enforcement Information Request, a supervisor for the government or law enforcement agent who submitted the Emergency Government & Law Enforcement Information Request may be contacted and asked to confirm to Apple that the emergency request was legitimate.
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