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IPhone Hacking Firm Sues Ex-Worker Over Alleged Theft of Secrets
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Cybersecurity IPhone Hacking Firm Sues Ex-Worker Over Alleged Theft of Secrets Magnet Forensics Inc., a Canadian cybersecurity firm, accused a former contractor of sharing trade secrets about a previously unknown flaw used to hack iPhones with a rival firm. The company filed a lawsuit in federal court against Mario Del Gaudio, and Paradigm Shift Technology S.L., alleging the flaw was publicly disclosed on Paradigm’s blog. Both Magnet and Paradigm Shift develop so-called zero-day hacking...
Cybersecurity
IPhone Hacking Firm Sues Ex-Worker Over Alleged Theft of Secrets
Magnet Forensics Inc., a Canadian cybersecurity firm, accused a former contractor of sharing trade secrets about a previously unknown flaw used to hack iPhones with a rival firm.
The company filed a lawsuit in federal court against Mario Del Gaudio, and Paradigm Shift Technology S.L., alleging the flaw was publicly disclosed on Paradigm’s blog. Both Magnet and Paradigm Shift develop so-called zero-day hacking tools to sell to government customers such as police for investigations. Zero days are computer flaws that aren’t known to cybersecurity personnel, meaning they have zero days to fix them.