{"id":3132,"date":"2016-04-23T21:35:45","date_gmt":"2016-04-23T13:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/23\/feds-drop-new-york-fight-with-apple-because-someone-gave-them-iphone-passcode\/"},"modified":"2016-04-23T21:35:45","modified_gmt":"2016-04-23T13:35:45","slug":"feds-drop-new-york-fight-with-apple-because-someone-gave-them-iphone-passcode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/23\/feds-drop-new-york-fight-with-apple-because-someone-gave-them-iphone-passcode\/","title":{"rendered":"Feds drop New York fight with Apple because someone gave them iPhone passcode"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Gettyimages-489943644\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZgkyMDE2LzA0LzIzLzU1L0dldHR5SW1hZ2VzLmY0YjA0LmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTU3NXgzMjMjCmUJanBn\/3382394f\/3d2\/GettyImages-489943644.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=Feds+drop+New+York+fight+with+Apple+because+someone+gave+them+iPhone+passcode&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F04%2F23%2Fiphone-passcode-new-york-apple%2F\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F04%2F23%2Fiphone-passcode-new-york-apple%2F&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">NEW YORK \u2014 The U.S. Justice Department said it has withdrawn a request to force Apple to reveal data from a cellphone linked to a New York drug case after someone provided federal investigators with the phone&#8217;s passcode.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Federal prosecutors said in a letter to U.S. District Judge Margo Brodie that investigators were able to access the iPhone late Thursday night after using the passcode.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/04\/22\/fbi-paid-hackers-comey\/\">FBI paid more than $1.3 million to iPhone hackers, says it was &#8216;worth it&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The government said it no longer needs Apple&#8217;s assistance to unlock the iPhone and is withdrawing its request for an order requiring Apple&#8217;s cooperation in the drug case. <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/04\/23\/iphone-passcode-new-york-apple\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>More about <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/privacy\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Privacy<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/new-york\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">New York<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/passcode\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Passcode<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/apple\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Apple<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/apple-vs.-the-fbi\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Apple Vs. The Fbi<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Mashable\/~4\/5-3dIC8mT6w\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK \u2014 The U.S. Justice Department said it has withdrawn a request to force Apple to reveal data from a cellphone linked to a New York drug case after someone provided federal investigators with the phone&#8217;s passcode. 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