{"id":6487,"date":"2026-06-02T05:21:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T05:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/?p=6487"},"modified":"2026-06-05T13:50:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T13:50:05","slug":"western-spies-targeted-phones-of-russian-officials-fsb-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/02\/western-spies-targeted-phones-of-russian-officials-fsb-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Western spies targeted phones of Russian officials \u2013 FSB (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"

AI had been deployed to analyze vast troves of data obtained by foreign intelligence, the agency has said<\/strong><\/p>\n

Western intelligence agencies hacked the phones of Russian officials and other people with access to sensitive information, Russia\u2019s Federal Security Service (FSB) has said.<\/p>\n

Devices belonging to Russian diplomats, politicians, high-ranking officers and journalists were allegedly compromised, allowing foreign spies to record everything around them and collect vast amounts of data, the agency said in a statement on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The FSB said that its operatives uncovered \u201cone of the largest operations involving the installation of malicious software on mobile devices.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0The scheme had attempted to gather data through covert access to content and messaging, wiretapping of phone conversations, acoustic and video surveillance of the gadget\u2019s surroundings, and through the collection of geolocation and contact data, it added.
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\u201cIt appears that Western intelligence agencies assumed it would be easier and cheaper to mass hack cell phones than to recruit costly informants among holders of state secrets,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0the agency noted.<\/p>\n

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The access to the gadgets had been obtained through a so-called zero-day vulnerability, a security hole in software unknown to its developers, according to the FSB.<\/p>\n

The sheer volume of information gathered by Western spy agencies would have been impossible for humans to process just a few years ago, but AI is now being used to analyze it within minutes, it stressed.<\/p>\n

According to the FSB, the investigation began in 2023 after experts at Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab detected unusual network activity on employees\u2019 Apple devices.<\/p>\n

A representative of Kaspersky Lab explained that those targeted by foreign intelligence had received an undetectable message via the standard Apple messaging app, which launched a spy program that quickly gained \u201ccomplete control\u201d<\/em> of the phone. <\/p>\n

Among other things, the malicious software could \u201cstart an audio recording for the next three hours, and it didn\u2019t matter whether the phone had no connection or internet access. As soon as the phone regained connection, that audio recording would be sent to the attacker\u2019s server,\u201d<\/em> he explained.<\/p>\n

The US has been developing its cyber-espionage infrastructure for decades, particularly since the adoption of the Patriot Act in 2001. Introduced in the aftermath of the 9\/11 attacks, the legislation gave American intelligence agencies broad powers to demand information from IT companies in the name of national security.<\/p>\n

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Washington\u2019s surveillance activities have not been limited to rival nations. In 2013, the US was caught spying on then-German Chancellor Angela Merkel.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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