Apple says it fixed the Mac and iPhone vulnerabilities that CIA agents exploited for spying
The data dump, which includes CIA documents dating back to 2012, highlights how agents were able to infect Apple devices if they could gain physical access to them.
Agents could allegedly gain access to a Mac's firmware, for example, by using an Ethernet adapter that plugged into the computer's Thunderbolt port. They could also compromise "factory fresh" iPhones, according to the documents.
An Apple spokesperson sent Business Insider the following statement:
The documents are the latest to come out of the "Vault 7" documents from Wikileaks. The first batch of the documents claimed that the CIA could break into Samsung smart TVs and the iPhone.