Apple warns users in 99 countries of mercenary spyware
Apple issued threat notifications to suspected victims of mercenary spyware in 99 countries, including journalists in Turkey and Lebanon.
Apple began sending threat notifications to users targeted by suspected mercenary spyware in 99 countries. Threat researcher Costin Raiu verified several notifications and noted no signs of compromise in logs. Victims include Turkey-based reporter Ragıp Soylu and Lebanese filmmaker Radwan Mortada, who reported prior Pegasus targeting. Apple does not attribute the attacks.
Unconfirmed: Specific actor responsible for breaches not confirmed
- 99 countries affected
- Targets include journalists and filmmakers
- No confirmed actor or compromise
Impact: installation of spyware
- 1.Review threat notification
- Vendors
- Apple
- Products
- Apple devices
- Victims
- Ragıp SoyluRadwan Mortada
- Organizations
- Middle East Eye
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3 min read at therecord.mediaApple does not attribute attacks or the notices to specific malicious actors or geographical regions, the notification said, due to the “extreme cost, sophistication, and worldwide nature of mercenary spyware attacks [which] make them some of the most advanced digital threats in existence today.”
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