US drops NY fight with Apple after gaining access to iPhone 5c

The US Justice Department on Friday dropped its effort to force Apple Inc to help unlock an iPhone 5c in a drug case in New York after someone provided authorities the passcode to access the device.
In a letter filed in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, prosecutors said that investigators late on Thursday used that passcode to access the iPhone at issue, and as a result “no longer needs Apple’s assistance.”
The letter marked a sudden end to a closely watched case, in which t