Russia says U.S. accessed thousands of Apple phones in spy plot
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Re: Russia says U.S. accessed thousands of Apple phones in spy plot
#2Non-paywall: https://archive.ph/BrXyi
Or read the FSB press release: http://www.fsb.ru/fsb/press/message/single.htm%21id%3D104397...
Re: Russia says U.S. accessed thousands of Apple phones in spy plot
#3So this claim probably goes somewhere near the category of known unknowns.
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#5I wonder if this is Russia’s attempt to retaliate against the NSA describing FSB’s Snake malware. One notable difference is that the NSA described in a lot of detail exactly why it’s attributed to Russia and the technical details of the malware and how to protect yourself.
https://www.nsa.gov/Press-Room/Press-Releases-Statements/Pre...
https://media.defense.gov/2023/May/09/2003218554/-1/-1/0/JOI...
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#6There is precedent for Apple actively helping US spies:
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/08/apple...
https://tidbits.com/2020/08/17/the-case-of-the-top-secret-ip...
Re: Russia says U.S. accessed thousands of Apple phones in spy plot
#7There is precedent for Apple actively helping US spies: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/08/apple... https://tidbits.com/2020/08/17/the-case-of-the-top-secret-ip...
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Re: Russia says U.S. accessed thousands of Apple phones in spy plot
#8Kaspersky reported a targeted attack on iPhones of their senior management today as well [0]
[0] https://usa.kaspersky.com/blog/triangulation-attack-on-ios/2...
Re: Russia says U.S. accessed thousands of Apple phones in spy plot
#9There is precedent for Apple actively helping US spies: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/08/apple... https://tidbits.com/2020/08/17/the-case-of-the-top-secret-ip...
Summary: Apple apparently helped Bechtel (a nuclear security contractor contracted to USG) build a one-off spy device out of an iPod in 2005 -- Bechtel provided hardware mod, Apple provided technical support for developers adding a buried menu item to iPod software to enable/disable the device, suggested to possibly be a Geiger counter and also advised where the data might be inconspicuously stored on the hdd.
Re: Russia says U.S. accessed thousands of Apple phones in spy plot
#10There is precedent for Apple actively helping US spies: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/08/apple... https://tidbits.com/2020/08/17/the-case-of-the-top-secret-ip...
Ah, Bechtel, the company which comes in every newly aquired American colony to suck the victim's government money.