Is this your pet theory, or do you have some way of documenting that it was staged? And do you have examples of records on the internet where this attack was discussed before?
I'm not saying that you are mistaken, nor am I saying that you are lying. But I can't accept an assertion like that at face value without seeing some supporting evidence.
I can accept that. I don't have anything that I'm willing to share. To be sure, I'm not suggesting that any of the companies (Apple, Google, Etc.) were willing participants.
Likewise, if you're looking for a discussion of this exact implementation of exploiting the trust relationships created by users of cloud services, you'll not find it.
That said, exploiting trust relationships that users naturally create in the cloud, is common. This is just one specific attack, designed to get page views and raise awareness.
I'm not saying that you are mistaken, nor am I saying that you are lying. But I can't accept an assertion like that at face value without seeing some supporting evidence.