Apple spyware notifications reach Bundestag: BSI urges assume compromise
Original title: Apple’s spyware notifications reach the Bundestag: what the BSI says to do now
BSI advises Bundestag members to assume their devices may be compromised after receiving Apple alerts about mercenary spyware attacks.
Apple sent notifications to German Bundestag members and public figures about potential mercenary spyware attacks. The BSI, Germany's federal cybersecurity office, advises those affected to assume their devices may have been compromised. Recommendations include updating the OS, enabling Lockdown Mode, replacing the device if necessary, and contacting the BSI. Warnings were also sent to users in 99 countries.
Unconfirmed: It is unclear whether the alerts indicate actual compromises or merely attempted attacks.
- Notifications started reaching iPhones on October 29, 2026
- Apple detected attacks using mercenary spyware, commonly used by state actors
- BSI advises assuming compromise
- Affected: members of the Bundestag and other public figures
- Global: warnings to users in 99 countries
Impact: potential compromise of device allowing access to messages, calls, camera, microphone
- 1.Update the operating system immediately
- 2.Consider turning on Lockdown Mode
- 3.Replace the device and change accounts if risk is high
- Vendors
- Apple
- Products
- iPhones
- Victims
- members of the Bundestag
- Organizations
- BSI
- Countries
- Germany
From the original article
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Apple warns German Bundestag lawmakers of mercenary spyware attacks; BSI urges victims to assume compromise. The German government is warning politicians and public figures that they were targeted by government-backed spyware. The warning follows Apple’s notifications, which began reaching iPhones on October 29, according to the federal cybersecurity office, the BSI.
By Pierluigi Paganini · securityaffairs.com
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