Apple bought the company that exposed its flawed firmware

What do you do when researchers create a worm that infects your company’s firmware? If you’re Apple, you buy the researchers. Last August, news broke of a exploit named “Thunderstrike 2.” Delivered by a simple link, the worm could silently modify a Mac’s firmware, meaning that even an OS reinstall wouldn’t remove it. Thankfully, the researchers responsibly informed Apple of the issue, and the company had mostly solved this particular problem before it went public.