Russia says U.S. accessed thousands of Apple phones in spy plot

Summary Summary Companies Russia says NSA penetrated Apple phones in Russia Apple and NSA did not respond to requests for comment Russia says there was special backdoor in Apple phones Kaspersky says iPhones compromised in attack MOSCOW, June 1 (Reuters) – Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Thursday it had uncovered a U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) plot using previously unknown malware to access specially made so-called backdoor vulnerabilities in Apple (AAPL.O) phones. The FSB, the main successor to the Soviet-era KGB, said several thousand Apple phones had been infected, including those of domestic Russian subscribers. Neither Apple nor…