This article doesn't specify exactly the legal problem here. Maybe the article just lacks key details, like how Uber violated the warrant or the legal repercuss

This article doesn't specify exactly the legal problem here. Maybe the article just lacks key details, like how Uber violated the warrant or the legal repercussions they could face. The article vaguely makes it sound like Uber acted within their rights and the police just don't like that they didn't find a bunch of unlocked computers to rummage through, by virtue of what it omits. I don't have a problem with that. If their warrant amounts to a fishing expedition, it actually sounds like harassment of Uber. A warrant should specify something you have some likelihood of finding. If the police walked away empty handed and Uber doesn't face charges for destroying evidence, it seems like they had a bad warrant to begin with.