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Apple wins ruling in New York drug case iPhone hacking order

Move gives tech firm's pro-privacy stance a boost as it battles FBI over California case

Published Tue, Mar 1, 2016 · 09:50 PM

New York

A FEDERAL magistrate judge on Monday denied the US government's request that Apple extract data from an iPhone in a drug case in New York, giving the company's pro-privacy stance a boost as it battles law enforcement officials over opening up the device in other cases.

The ruling, from Judge James Orenstein in New York's Eastern District, is the first time tha…

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