That was also my first impression.

The main conclusion I drew is that even if it's an article about hackers, it's not written for hackers. It's written for the people who believe great hacking comes from geniuses pensively looking out their windows while dodging shadowy figures in suits.

Citizen Lab is famous for exposing activities of GhostNet, a "Chinese cyberespionage" operation. Which most famously was targeting the Dalai Lama's organization.

> Deibert’s group discovered an exploit in iPhone software ... before even Apple knew about it.

Yup, I know what you mean about the hollywood part.