Possible US Government iPhone-Hacking Toolkit in foreign spy and criminal hands

https://www.wired.com/story/coruna-iphone-hacking-toolkit-us-government/

A Possible US Government iPhone-Hacking Toolkit Is Now in the Hands of Foreign Spies and Criminals

A highly sophisticated set of iPhone hijacking techniques has likely infected tens of thousands of phones or more. Clues suggest it was originally built for the US government.

WIRED

the government doesn't have superpowerful code crackers though

it has a guy working at apple who introduces the subtle vulnerability he is instructed to do

I expect the evidence for this claim is axiomatic, which is to say that you think it sounds good.