Besitsala izihloko, iindaba kunye namahemuhemu malunga nomzamo onokwenzeka wokukhangela izixhobo ze-Apple, i-iPhone kunye ne-Mac yiCIA ixesha elithile ngoku. I-Apple ayikhuselekanga kule miba kwaye kwixesha elidlulileyo umlingani wethu uLuis upapashe iindaba apho inkampani yeCupertino ikhanyela ukuqhekezwa kweeakhawunti ze-iCloud "ngentlawulelo" engazange ivakale. Kodwa kule meko into esinayo etafileni amaxwebhu avuzwe yiWikileaks esuka kwiCIA, apho ukhuseleko lweemveliso ze-Apple buzwa.
I-Arhente ye-Intelligence Agency, egama layo lokuqala ngesiNgesi yi-Arhente ye-Intelligence Agency (CIA), sele isebenze ixesha elide ukufikelela kwizixhobo ze-Apple kwaye ngoku uluhlu lwamaxwebhu luye lwavela elubala olubonisa ezinye zeenkqubo eziye zaqhutywa. Yenziwe ukophula ukhuseleko lweeMacs kunye nee-iPhones ngokubhekisa kwi-Sonic Screwdriver okanye i-Sonic Screwdriver njengamagama ekhowudi. La maxwebhu anesihloko esithi “Dark Matter.” kwaye akukhona ukuba ezi zibuthathaka zangoku okanye iinzame zokufikelela, zivela kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo - i-2008 kwezinye iimeko - ngoko ke akunakwenzeka ukuzisebenzisa namhlanje ngenxa yohlaziyo kunye nokhuseleko lwangoku.
Phakathi kweenketho okanye amathuba okufikelela, kuxoxwa ukuba kwakuyimfuneko ukufikelela ngqo kwisixhobo, ukuba kuyimfuneko ukudibanisa i-USB kwimeko ye-Macs, usebenzisa i-Apple Thunderbolt kwi-adapter ye-Ethernet kunye ne-firmware elungisiweyo okanye kunye ne-Lightning connection kwimeko ye-iPhones. Kwimeko nayiphi na into, ngamaxwebhu abonisa iinzame zokufikelela kwizixhobo ze-Apple yiCIA kwaye okwangoku abo baseCupertino abakhange bathethe ngalo mba, kodwa kuthathelwa ingqalelo izihlandlo zangaphambili apho ezi nzame zokufikelela ziye zavuza, ngokuqinisekileyo siya kuba noguqulelo lwazo kungekudala.