Apple sent a warning to developer Jay Gibson (not his real name), saying it had detected spyware on his iPhone. This came as a surprise to Gibson, because he himself had developed a similar program at Trenchant.
This may be the first documented case of an exploit developer himself being attacked using spyware, TechCrunch writes.
The incident occurred on March 5th. Immediately after receiving the letter, Gibson turned off his phone and bought a new iPhone.
The most interesting thing is that Gibson received from Apple two weeks after the presentation of Trenchant. The company’s management accused him of leaking data.
Two days after receiving the notification, the developer contacted a forensic expert to check the iPhone, but the initial analysis did not reveal any hacking.
To conduct a comprehensive examination, Gibson had to pay for a full backup of the device, which he does not want to do. Other than that, it is impossible to find out what kind of spyware is stored on the iPhone and who created it. [TechCrunch]
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