This is not "news". The source of this is actually from the disclosure of the NSA's Tailored Access Operations ("TAO") 2008 implant catalog by
Der Spiegel in December, and then published in full last week. You may recall news reports of full control of iOS phones; this was from the same catalog.
As there were so many exploits published, it is difficult to focus on any individual exploit. Bruce Schneier has been publishing an exploit-per-day on his
blog to allow his audience to focus on them individually for review and discussion.
Specific to this "news", the catalog includes a variety of radio transmitters for implant (either by diverting product during shipment, or via covert operations) and receivers that can be placed within range.