Apple and Facebook gave user data to hackers who used forged legal requests

Apple and Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, gave user data to hackers who masqueraded as law enforcement officials,Bloomberg News reports citing “three people with knowledge of the matter.”William Turton for Bloomberg News:Apple and Meta provided basic subscriber details, such as a customer’s address, phone number and IP address, in mid-2021 in response to the forged “emergency data requests.” Normally, such requests are only provided with a search war