According to The Intercept's article
iSpy: The CIA Campaign to Steal Apple's Secrets the
United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has been doing their best to
hack Apple’s iPhones and iPads. The reports claim that the hacking has been
going on from before the iPhone was released.
The attempted hacking was reportedly done by targeting security keys used to encrypt data. To the extent they have been successful, they could put malicious code into Apple devices and would have the freedom to find other vulnerabilities.
The reports also say that the CIA has created a modified version of Apple’s software development tool, Xcode. That could help them to put surveillance backdoors into programs created using Xcode. Xcode is used by hundreds of thousands of developers.
The Intercept is an online publication of First Look Media, the news organization created and funded by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar.
The attempted hacking was reportedly done by targeting security keys used to encrypt data. To the extent they have been successful, they could put malicious code into Apple devices and would have the freedom to find other vulnerabilities.
The reports also say that the CIA has created a modified version of Apple’s software development tool, Xcode. That could help them to put surveillance backdoors into programs created using Xcode. Xcode is used by hundreds of thousands of developers.
The Intercept is an online publication of First Look Media, the news organization created and funded by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar.
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