OK just want to clear up a few technical understandings.
Once you have unlocked an iphone, you can install other programs that you cannot normally do, such as non-approved apps etc. One commonly suggested program is openSSH, not made by Apple. The openSSH program allows you direct access to internal files on your iphone, with all the possibilities and security problems that could cause. By default Apple blocks SSH access on the iphone to stop anyone doinging exactly what this benign worm did. Any installation guide I have seen for openSSH warns explicitly that you should change your password to avoid others having full SSH access to your iphone.
So nothing as such to do with Apple, more with users who have less technical ability than they think. It is somewhat analogous to putting a new security lock on your door and leaving the key in the lock on the outside with a large sign saying "WELCOME"
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