iPhone hacking firm sues ex-worker over alleged theft of secrets

2026-07-22

Magnet Forensics sued former iOS exploit engineer Mario Del Gaudio and rival Paradigm Shift Technology in Georgia federal court, alleging Del Gaudio helped disclose a zero-day in Apple's A12 and A13 chips (which Magnet sold to government customers to unlock iPhones) on Paradigm's blog, destroying its value by alerting Apple to a potential fix.