Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) accused the US Security Agency (NSA) of hacking thousands of iPhones, including devices belonging to Russian citizens and other devices associated with diplomatic and diplomatic missions. embassy in this country.
According to Bloomberg, in its statement, the FSB said that iPhone maker Apple has worked closely with the NSA for US intelligence missions. The attacks are believed to be related to SIM cards that diplomats are based in Russia, NATO countries, Israel and China
The report comes not long after cybersecurity firm Kaspersky published a blog post that said the iPhones of dozens of its employees had been hacked, including technical details on how the process works. hacking program. The incident went undetected for years, and Kaspersky did not identify who was behind the attack, which it described as “an extremely complex, professional-targeted cyberattack”.
spokesperson In an email, a Kaspersky said the hacking campaign was discovered earlier this year and that Russian authorities found the attacks to be related. A Kaspersky employee also said the statements of the company and the FSB are linked, and said the spyware works on older versions of Apple’s operating system.
Kaspersky says hackers broke into iPhones by sending malicious attachments via iMessage. It will immediately work without the user having to click on anything. That’s the hacking method used by spy software companies, including NSO Group from Israel.
Neither Apple nor the NSA have yet to comment on the report. The incident took place in the context of escalating tensions between the US and Russia regarding the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Last month, the US Department of Justice announced it had disrupted a years-long hacking campaign carried out by a unit of the FSB called Turla. The malware, called Snake, operated by Turla, is present in more than 50 countries and has been used by the group for more than 20 years, according to US officials. The US government also banned the use of Kaspersky software on federal systems in 2017 citing espionage concerns