Three WireLurker suspects arrested in China – reports

Three people suspected of involvement in the WireLurker malware campaign have been arrested in China, according to reports. The suspects – whom the Beijing Public Security "internet" unit named only as Chen, Lee and Wang – were apparently arrested in the Beijing area following an investigation assisted by local security firm …

[Nifty]

The Chines govt must be quite miffed in a 'why didn't WE think of that' way.

I guess the miscreants are now awaiting job offers

[wahankh]

"Arrested" should be replaced by "offered jobs", it seems more believable.

The Chinese are useless at translating to English!

[ecofeco]

Wait. What? Arrested? In China?

I agree with Nifty and would also add that they must have been working for the "wrong side" as well or freelancing.

[Big-nosed Pengie]

"Leverage" is a noun. The verb you're looking for is "exploiting".

You're welcome.

[Anonymous Coward]

Hmmm...

WireLurker shattered the conventional wisdom that non-jailbroken iThings are incapable of being infected by malware.

It certainly suggests that profiles need better scrutiny, but you can't install a profile without the user's permission so there too you'll need some social engineering. Not that I, as a sysadmin, deem that terribly hard to accomplish (*cough*), but I wonder if you can't shield at least a business iThing with a profile of your own.