Russia's Federal Security Service claimed it discovered the US was spying on the country by hacking thousands of iPhones. Apple denies.
Russia’s Federal Security Service claimed it discovered the US was spying on the country by hacking thousands of iPhones, which were compromised with “sophisticated surveillance software.”
In addition, Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab said dozens of its employee’s devices were compromised in the operation, according to. The FSB said it has “uncovered an intelligence action of the American special services using Apple mobile devices.” The allegation claims Apple and the National Security Agency have had “close cooperation” to invade those iPhones, although neither FSB nor Kaspersky provided evidence of this spying campaign., Apple denied the allegation: “We have never worked with any government to insert a backdoor into any Apple product and never will.”. He said this virus can infect iPhones without any action from the user.
That said, over the past year, Apple has added security measures for government officials, journalists, and other people that could be spyware targets to protect themselves. One of them is theMost message attachment types other than images are blocked. Some features, like link previews, are disabled.Certain complex web technologies, like just-in-time JavaScript compilation, are disabled unless the user excludes a trusted site from Lockdown Mode.
cannot be installed, and the device cannot enroll in mobile device management while Lockdown Mode is turned on.
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