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Re:'Karma': A hack used by the UAE to break into iPhones of ... by brisance on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @08:59PM (#19041597)
The description of the hack fits StageFright perfectly[1], which was exactly what it did. The sources may have just changed the affected platform to iOS to gain some traction.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stagefright_(bug)

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Re:'Karma': A hack used by the UAE to break into iPhones of ... by m-ee on Thursday January 31, 2019 @12:15AM (#19042544)
A stagefright style iOS bug was reported around the time this took place

https://9to5mac.com/2016/07/22/stagefright-mac-iphone-ipad/

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Re:'Karma': A hack used by the UAE to break into iPhones of ... by brisance on Thursday January 31, 2019 @01:35AM (#19042877)
I didn't know that. Thanks for sharing!
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