Apple to 'rapidly address' any security holes as companies respond to CIA leak
by Alex Hern from Technology | The Guardian on (#2F52R)
Company says it already fixed many exploits described in 'Vault 7' documents released by WikiLeaks, as CIA and Trump administration refuse to comment
Apple has promised to "rapidly address" any security holes used by the CIA to hack iPhones, following the release of a huge tranche of documents covering the intelligence agency's stockpile of software vulnerabilities.
The leak, dubbed "Vault 7" by its publisher WikiLeaks, is made up of a collection of around 10,000 individual documents created between 2014 and 2016. A spokesman for the CIA said it would not comment "on the authenticity or content of purported intelligence documents" and the Trump administration spokesman Sean Spicer also declined comment.
Continue reading...