U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said on Monday the U.K. had agreed to drop its mandate for iPhone maker Apple to provide a “back door” that would have enabled access to the protected encrypted data of American citizens.
Gabbard issued the statement on X, saying she had worked for months with Britain, along with President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance to arrive at a deal.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer was in Washington on Monday along with other European leaders to meet Trump and discuss Russia’s war in Ukraine.
The U.K. government and Apple did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Gabbard’s statement.
U.S. lawmakers said in May that the U.K.’s order to Apple to create a backdoor to its encrypted user data could be exploited by cybercriminals and authoritarian governments.
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