> Unfortunately, this method did not allow us to intercept HTTPS traffic of Apple services (including iMessage), as iOS implements SSL pinning for this. Thus, we were not able to decrypt iMessage traffic that came through the VPN.

When security helps attackers... that's a bit ironic.

Anyway, this article is exactly why I don't want to work in computer security, you constantly have to look behind you, and government A/government B/black hats etc will always try funny things, because they belong to side A or B or whatever, and I bet a lot of security people got either threatened or even had targets on their backs or just assassinated.

I don't really know if some of them got assassinated, because that might not make the news, but that's not a really a domain I would like to work in.

I guess it attracts people who like competition, but I don't really see the value of working in security, for the same reason I don't see the point of joining an army to learn how to fight.