EXCLUSIVE: AMERICAN-MADE CYBER WEAPON TURNED AGAINST US ALLIES — How a Pentagon Contractor's iPhone Hacking Tool Landed in ENEMY Hands
The cybersecurity world is facing an explosive and unprecedented betrayal. Fox News can exclusively reveal that a sophisticated iPhone hacking toolkit, originally developed by U.S. military contractor L3Harris for American intelligence, has been stolen and is now being wielded by Russian spies against Ukrainian officials and Chinese cybercriminals targeting YOUR crypto wallets. This isn't just a data breach; this is a devastating failure of national security that puts every American with a smartphone at risk.
The tool, known internally as "Coruna," was a crown jewel of digital espionage, built by L3Harris's Trenchant division. It contained 23 separate components designed to infiltrate iPhones silently. Developed for a Western government client, this digital weapon has now escaped into the wild. Senior intelligence officials tell Fox News this represents a catastrophic breakdown in the control of offensive cyber tools, with American technology directly empowering our adversaries.
"Coruna was definitely an internal name," one former L3Harris employee with direct knowledge confirmed to Fox News, speaking on condition of anonymity. "Looking at the technical details Google published, so many are familiar." This admission points to a shocking lack of safeguards. Industry insiders warn this "zero-day" exploit marketplace is a ticking time bomb, where tools sold to the highest bidder inevitably get leaked, stolen, or repurposed for ransomware and phishing campaigns against civilians.
Why should you care? Because the same malware used against Ukrainian targets is now in the hands of Chinese criminal gangs conducting "broad-scale" campaigns to drain cryptocurrency accounts. Your blockchain security means nothing if a weaponized exploit can bypass your phone's defenses. This proves the very entities we trust to build our cyber defenses are also creating the vulnerabilities that threaten our financial sovereignty.
My prediction is clear and alarming: This is only the beginning. Without immediate and severe congressional action to shut down these unregulated surveillance vendors, we will see more American-made cyber weapons turned against our citizens. The line between national security and personal security has been erased.
Your iPhone is no longer a safe haven—it's the next battlefield.
