NewsNation Politics(NewsNation) — iPhones belonging to political figures could have been compromised and used to spy on their owners, a new report from mobile research company iVerify found.
The six affected smartphones — belonging to people tied to a U.S. political campaign, media organizations, artificial intelligence companies and a European Union member state's government — had a bug that prompted rare crashes associated with the "nickname" feature in iOS.
“If they do it in a very specific way, they can corrupt the memory on your phone, which allows them to conduct what’s called a sandbox escape,” said Rocky Cole, iVerify's chief operating officer.
That method essentially allows hackers to “get around Apple’s security architecture,” Cole said.
Researchers said bad actors may have targeted the phones
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