{"id":1246135,"date":"2023-06-04T09:54:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-04T04:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/?p=1246135"},"modified":"2023-06-04T09:54:38","modified_gmt":"2023-06-04T04:24:38","slug":"russia-claims-that-us-govt-hacked-thousands-of-iphones-in-an-espionage-plot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/russia-claims-that-us-govt-hacked-thousands-of-iphones-in-an-espionage-plot\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia Claims That US Govt Hacked Thousands Of iPhones In An Espionage Plot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Russia has accused the US of hacking thousands of iphones in an espionage plot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Russia spying on the US?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Russia&#8217;s Federal Security Service (FSB) said it discovered an American spy operation that compromised thousands of iPhones using advanced surveillance software.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Apple-6s-1280x720-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Russia Claims That US Govt Hacked Thousands Of iPhones In An Espionage Plot\" class=\"wp-image-1246178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Apple-6s-1280x720-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Apple-6s-1280x720-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Apple-6s-1280x720-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Apple-6s-1280x720-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The FSB has uncovered an intelligence action of the American special services using Apple mobile devices,&#8221; the FSB said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab said dozens of its employees&#8217; devices were compromised in the operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Apple devices infected<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The FSB, the main successor to the Soviet-era KGB, said in a statement that several thousand Apple devices had been infected, including those of domestic Russian subscribers and foreign diplomats based in Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It said that America\u2019s plot showed &#8220;close cooperation&#8221; between Apple and the National Security Agency (NSA), the U.S. agency responsible for cryptographic and communications intelligence and security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cTop and middle-management\u201d affected<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However FSB provided no evidence of its accusations that Apple cooperated with, or had any awareness of, the spying campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apple denied the allegation. &#8220;We have never worked with any government to insert a backdoor into any Apple product and never will.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kaspersky CEO Eugene Kaspersky said that dozens of his employees&#8217; 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Russia&#8217;s foreign ministry said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The U.S. intelligence services have been using IT corporations for decades in order to collect large-scale data of Internet users without their knowledge,&#8221; the ministry said..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officials in Russia, who themselves western spies,have a very sophisticated domestic surveillance structure, have long <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/technology\/russias-fsb-says-us-nsa-penetrated-thousands-apple-phones-spy-plot-2023-06-01\/?utm_campaign=fullarticle&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=inshorts\">questioned <\/a>the security of U.S. technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>iPhones involvement in 2024 elections<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said all officials in the presidential administration knew that gadgets such as iPhones were &#8220;absolutely transparent.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this year, the Kremlin told officials involved in preparations for Russia&#8217;s 2024 presidential election to stop using Apple iPhones<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There were concerns that the phones were vulnerable to Western intelligence agencies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia has accused the US of hacking thousands of iphones in an espionage plot. 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