Spy agencies target mobile phones, app stores to implant spyware

Posted by BernardSwiss on May 22, 2015 6:33 AM EDT
CBC News; By Amber Hildebrandt and Dave Seglins
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The 2012 document shows that the surveillance agencies exploited the weaknesses in certain mobile apps in pursuit of their national security interests, but it appears they didn't alert the companies or the public to these weaknesses. That potentially put millions of users in danger of their data being accessed by other governments' agencies, hackers or criminals.

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