Apple says an alleged iPhone vulnerability released by WikiLeaks overnight on Thursday affected the iPhone 3G only and was fixed in 2009.
An Apple spokesperson told iTWire, in response to a query, that the company had made a preliminary assessment of the WikiLeaks disclosures made overnight.
"Based on our initial analysis, the alleged iPhone vulnerability affected (the) iPhone 3G only and was fixed in 2009 when iPhone 3GS was released," the spokesperson said.
The documents released overnight comprised a second tranche from WikiLeaks' CIA trove. Dubbed Vault 7: Dark Matter, it contained material on how the spy outfit attacks Apple/Mac devices.
{loadposition sam08}Two weeks ago, WikiLeaks released about 8000 CIA documents, which it called Vault 7. In an interview with Al Jazeerah's Yosri Fouda a couple of days ago, WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange said Vault 7 constituted 1% of the total documents leaked to it.
The Apple spokesperson said the preliminary assessment also showed that the alleged Mac vulnerabilities were previously fixed in all Macs launched after 2013.
"We have not negotiated with WikiLeaks for any information. We have given them instructions to submit any information they wish through our normal process under our standard terms," the spokesperson added.
"Thus far, we have not received any information from them that isn’t in the public domain. We are tireless defenders of our users' security and privacy, but we do not condone theft or coordinate with those that threaten to harm our users."