Very disappointing reporting from Der Spiegel. If you actually critically read the linked article, you will find that it contains very little in the way of useful information. The only real take away is that the NSA has been trying to pown everyone’s cell phones (No shit! Knock me over with a feather!), and has had some limited success in the case of iOS devices when they can bag the user’s workstation used for syncing with the device, and that perhaps maybe they have also had some success using a similar attack vector against other modern smartphones as well.
It is also implied that they have some sort of free access to the Blackberry mail system, which would be very serious, but the article is pretty short on details. If I were a marketing person at BB, I’d be going into full damage control mode right now. Secure email is about the only thing that platform even has going for it anymore.
