Apple denies helping spy agency hack its phones
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Apple Inc has never worked with the US National Security Agency and is unaware of efforts to target its smartphones, the company said in response to reports that the spy agency had developed a system to hack into iPhones.
Germany’s Der Spiegel reported this week that a secretive unit of the NSA, which is under fire for the extent and depth of its spying programs around the world, makes specialized gear and software to infiltrate and monitor a plethora of computing devices, including mobile phones.
The report included an NSA graphic dated 2008 that outlined a system in development called DROPOUTJEEP, described as a “software implant” that allows infiltrators to push and pull and retrieve data from iPhones. Der Spiegel referred to it as a “trojan,” or malware that helps hackers get into protected systems.
The report, which surfaced on Sunday, did not suggest that Apple had cooperated with the US spying agency on so-called backdoors.
“Apple has never worked with the NSA to create a backdoor in any of our products, including iPhone. Additionally, we have been unaware of this alleged NSA program targeting our products,” the company said.
On Tuesday, the NSA said that its interest “in any given technology is driven by the use of that technology by foreign intelligence targets.”
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