Why a mobile-focused APT could be behind John Kelly’s phone troubles
Earlier this month, news broke that White House Chief of Staff John Kelly’s personal mobile device was reportedly compromised, according to a memo acquired by Politico. I believe there’s a significant enough chance that he was attacked, not by a run-of-the-mill attacker, but by a mobile-focused Advanced Persistent Threat (mAPT) — that is, a nation-state or other highly resourced espionage-focused cyberattacker. What we know Kelly reportedly submitted his personal mobile device into U.S. government tech support “complaining that it wasn’t working or updating software properly,” according to the Politico report. That story comes from a memo created by White House aides and circulated throughout the administration. There is a chance that the device had been compromised for months while in Kelly’s possession, though the report states that Kelly did not use his personal device for White House purposes. While this may be true, a nation-state still has a lot to […]
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