iSpy: The CIA Campaign to Steal Apple’s Secrets

The Intercept berichtet über Dokumente aus dem Jahr 2012 (wohl aus dem Snowden-Fundus), wonach die CIA damals Konferenzen darüber machte, wie man am Besten OSX/iOS knacken könnte: The CIA Campaign to Steal Apple’s Secrets.

By targeting essential security keys used to encrypt data stored on Apple’s devices, the researchers have sought to thwart the company’s attempts to provide mobile security to hundreds of millions of Apple customers across the globe. Studying both “physical” and “non-invasive” techniques, U.S. government-sponsored research has been aimed at discovering ways to decrypt and ultimately penetrate Apple’s encrypted firmware. This could enable spies to plant malicious code on Apple devices and seek out potential vulnerabilities in other parts of the iPhone and iPad currently masked by encryption.