SCOOP: A man who worked on developing hacking and surveillance tools for Western defense contractor L3Harris Trenchant was notified by Apple that his iPhone was targeted with mercenary spyware.
The developer believes he was targeted after he was wrongly accused of leaking zero-days developed by Trenchant.
This may be one of the first documented cases of a zero-day maker being targeted with spyware.
Exclusive: Apple alerts exploit developer that his iPhone was targeted with government spyware
A developer at Trenchant, a leading Western spyware and zero-day maker, was suspected of leaking company tools and fired. Weeks later, Apple notified him that his personal iPhone was targeted with spyware.
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