The Wildcard · Toronto Morning Wire

Russian hackers just breached millions of iPhones. Are you next?

Your iPhone is basically a target now fam

Okay but real talk— I just read something that made my *nana* drop her chai, dude. Remember how we were all hyped about how secure iPhones are, right? Like, "Oh, Apple's got us, privacy first, blah blah blah." Well, apparently, Russian hackers just found this *DarkSword* thing, and it can basically hack millions of iPhones. MILLIONS, fam! Like, you're just scrolling through TikTok on the 501 Queen, minding your business, trying not to get stuck in traffic near the Beaches, and someone could be all up in your phone? My *appavaiyo*! This is wild.

And it’s not just some random glitch, it’s a *tool*. So it’s out there, being used, apparently. Imagine trying to get a loan for a house in this city – which is already impossible, don't even get me started on the housing crisis – and suddenly your bank info is just... gone. Or worse, someone hacks your TTC Presto card and now you can't even get home to Scarborough? Nah, this is not it. It makes you wonder what else is out there, lurking, you know? Like how they keep tearing down all the good old buildings downtown for glass towers that look the same, but secretly there's some weird tunnel of Bonaparte from 1800s Madrid underneath? Okay, that's a different kind of wild, but still.

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