Russia’s Federal Security Service said it had uncovered an American espionage operation that compromised thousands of iPhones using sophisticated surveillance software. | Reuters
The FSB said the plot showed “close cooperation” between Apple and the National Security Agency or NSA, the US agency responsible for cryptographic and communications intelligence and security. The FSB provided no evidence that Apple cooperated with, or had any awareness of, the spying campaign.But Apple Inc is denying Russia’s claims.
Kaspersky researcher Igor Kuznetsov told Reuters that his company had independently discovered anomalous traffic on its corporate Wi-Fi network around the start of the year. He said Kaspersky did not circulate its findings to Russia’s Computer Emergency Response Team until earlier on Thursday. Israeli officials declined comment. Chinese, Syrian and NATO representatives were not immediately able to provide comment.The United States is the world’s top cyber power in terms of intent and capability, according to Harvard University’s Belfer Center Cyber 2022 Power Index, followed by China, Russia, the United Kingdom and Australia.“The hidden data collection was carried out through software vulnerabilities in U.S.-made mobile phones,” Russia’s foreign ministry said in a statement.
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