• seang96@spgrn.com
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    10 months ago

    With that many exploits being used I wouldn’t be surprised to see it is a group probably government sponsored. They love iMessage exploits as original attack vectors too.

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      10 months ago

      Russian authorities say it was the Americans trying to spy on other NATO nations, Israel, and Ukraine. America spying on Russia’s enemies.

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        10 months ago

        Well, I may be under the wrong impression but it occurred to me that the US govt likes to spy on everyone, friends and foes and the US citizens, too

        Edit: punctuation

    • Tautvydaxx@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      Documentary about the pheonix software explains a lot about who used this kind of virus, mainly political figures and govermants to spy on other politicans and jornalists. The imessage exploit was known for a few years but nobody knew how the file installed itself on the device, so there was no way to figure out how to protect the device.