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In this particular instance, I think all evidence would suggest that "western" security companies have been extremely successful in developing exploits for iOS,

In this particular instance, I think all evidence would suggest that "western" security companies have been extremely successful in developing exploits for iOS, Android, and plenty of other platforms. So it would make a lot of sense that China would develop additional tools and talents outside of gov orgs and gov owned companies. Genuine question, what does the US have to gain from making up this narrative? That's not always a useful question - obviously there are instances where something is true & someone also stands to gain. But in this case, cyber is the threat. If the NSA hacks you, does it really matter if they bought the exploit instead of developing it themselves?

hodgesrm 3y ago
> I think all evidence would suggest that "western" security companies have been extremely successful in developing exploits for iOS, Android, and plenty of other platforms. Indeed. Other platforms include Stuxnet attacks Siemens software on PLCs controlling Iranian centrifuges. [0] As to your question, while I don't see an obvious reason why the US would make this up, I can see situations where government agencies might desire that this information be released. (For example to justify funding or to send signals to China.)