Bogus Mobile Device Management system used to hack iPhones in India

Business iPhone users in India have been targeted in a sophisticated and attack run through bogus Mobile Device Management (MDM) servers. Using either physical access or - more likely - social engineering trickery, certificates from a selection of two sketchy MDM servers were installed on targeted iPhones. This gave the hacker …

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I'm not sure using a .ru email qualifies as 'trying to imitate a Russian hacker'.

[Anonymous Coward]

I’m going to guess...

...it was the lure of not paying for stuff.