IT security
Details of the most sophisticated attack against iPhones to date now lead to serious charges against Apple. Secret records allowed circumvention of central security functions
FILE PHOTO: A man holds an iPhone 14 as Apple Inc's new models go on sale at an Apple Store in Beijing, China, on September 16, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo
The original report caused quite a stir: Kaspersky security researchers called it a “triangulation operation.” In June 2023, a sophisticated attack against iPhones was announced. With a simple iMessage, entire iPhones can be hijacked and users can then be spied on on a massive scale. But above all: this is what happened, and the attacks are said to have gone unnoticed for four years.
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