Apple Sees Sharp Increase in US National Security Requests

Apple Sees Sharp Increase in US National Security Requests
In this file photo, a 3D printed Apple logo is seen in front of a displayed cyber code in this illustration. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
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Apple Inc—has received more than four times as many national-security related requests from the U.S. government in the first half of this year versus a year ago, according to a company report on Thursday.

Apple said it had received between 13,250 and 13,499 national security requests affecting between 9,000 and 9,249 users. That compares with a range of 2,750 and 2,999 requests affecting between 2,000 and 2,249 users in the first half of 2016.