Apple asked a federal magistrate in New York to extend a court filing deadline until after the government decides whether it can unlock a different iPhone in a similar case. The New York case involved an iPhone used by a convicted drug dealer. Last year, the the the Department of Justice requested a court order compelling Apple to help authorities crack that phone’s security so that investigators could access its data. A week ago, the DOJ told a California federal magistrate that it had a lead on another way to crack the phone used by Syed Rizwan Farook.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/3048485/apple-demands-delay-in-ny-iphone-case.html