An unprecedented letter from the US Congress, Released Today, Accuses The UK of “A Foreign Cyberattack Waged Through Political Means”. The Claim Refeers to a Home Office Secret Demand Last Month (Reported by Cw Here, here and here) That apple break the security protecting its advanced data protective cloud Security system to let the British speech Spies into anyone's secure files.
In a Letter to the recently appointed us Director of National IntelligenceE (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard, Senator Ron Wyden of Colorada and Reportive andy Biggs of Arizona Bluntly Ask The Administration to Kick The Uk Out of the 65-Ald Uk -UK -US SIGNALS SIGNALS Intelligan Own as “five eyes” if They do not now withdraw the demand to apple.
“If the uk does not immediatively reverse this dangerous effort, we urge you to reevaluate us-a-uk cybersecurity arranges and programs as well as us intelligence sharing sharing with,” the new dNI it.
Politically, on other issues, the signatories are on opposed sides of us politics. Wyden is a liberal democrat who has campaigned for health and the environment; Biggs is a loud trump supporter and a noted Organiser of the “Maga Squad”. Wyden, from oregon, serves on the Senate Intelligence and Finance Committee; Biggs, from Arizona, Chairs the House Judiciary Subcommite on Crime and Federal Government Survelance. Their unified Complaint Against British Tactics and Conduct is potentially a Unique Event in the Turbulent Political Period Since Since Since Donald Trump's Accession.
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The Letter was also copied to Incoming British Ambassador Peter Mandelson. The British Embassy, Home Office and DNI has not made any official comment on the letter at the time of writing.
The representatives have asked the DNI to Tell Congress If the Administration Accepts British Claims that it can impose “GAG ORIDERS” on Demands to American Companies to Provide User Data, OR to Ystems and software. They also demand to know if the home office warned the US government about the January notice, before it was revled in the press.
The British Move Against Apple also Threatens to Prejudice Recent Valuable Gains in Co-Operative Information Sharing. It Took Four Years for the Us and Britain to Agree a data access agreement in 2022 that does also apple to provide data and files from uk iCloud accounts, provided that user has not turned on the user Has not Turned on. This arrangement was authorized under the “cloud” act According to the department of justice.
The data flows bothe aways, allowing us agents automatic access to British controlled data. “Under the data access agreement, service provider in one counter May Respond to Qualifying, Lawful Orders for Electronic Data ISUED by the OThe Ross-border disclosures “, the doj noted.
Home Office 'Greedy for Everything'
According to UK Academic and Industry Sources, The Recent Better Level of Access to some iCloud data may have caused the home office to get Chnical caution. According to Reliable Industry Sources, The Recent Notice was not first scrutinised by the statutory technical Advisory Panel (TAP) Panel (TAP), which includes vetted outside cryptosecurity and computter science If this is correct, then the UK “Judicial Commissioner” Who Authorized The Notice to Apple and the home secretary may bot have been misled, required the processuing the notice to be revised.
The representatives Reminded DNI Gabbard that at Her Confirmation Hearing She Stated that “Backdoors Lead Down a Dangerous Path That Can Undermine Americans' Fourth Amendment Rights and Civel LaBerties” sory “mechanisms to bypass encryption or privacy technologies undermines User Security, Privacy , And Trust and poses significant risks of exploitation by malicious actors. ”
“We urge you to put those words into action by giving the uk an ultimatum”, their Letter concludes. “Back down from this dangerous attack on us cybersecurity or face serial consequences.”
Beijing Cold Explit Uk 'Backdoor'
American cryptography and cryptosecurity experts back the demand and have warned that “Beijing would Quickly Explit the British Order to Allow Access to Allow Access to Encrypted Data”. “The us should pass laws that forbid us companies from installing encryption backdoors at the request of foreign countries”, According to matt greenA Leading Cryptographer and Professor of Computer Science at John Hospitals University. “This would put companies like apple in a bind. But it would be a good bind! “