By July 23, Paradigm Shift had replaced the original article with a page indicating the blog post was unavailable. The company alleges Del Gaudio acquired the technique while employed by Magnet and later shared it through Paradigm Shift. Paradigm Shift originally presented usbliter8 as newly published security research before releasing it on June 18. We reported at the time that the exploit affects devices including the iPhone XS, iPhone XR, iPhone 11 lineup, and second-generation iPhone SE. Paradigm Shift, as reported by MacRumors, said it informed Apple Product Security before publishing on June 18.