Apple has reportedly been ordered by the UK government to create a backdoor that would give security officials access to users’ encrypted iCloud backups. If implemented, British security services would have access to the backups of any user worldwide,

The UK government has demanded to be able to access encrypted data stored by Apple users worldwide in its cloud service. The news was first reported by the Washington Post quoting sources familiar with the matter,

The U.K.’s Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has reportedly demanded that Apple introduce a backdoor in iCloud encryption. To maintain the cloud service’s security, Apple may