France Says Apple Notified Victims Of New Spyware Attacks

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Apple has notified a number of individuals that their devices were targeted successful a spyware campaign, according to nan French government.

France’s nationalist cybersecurity consequence portion said connected Thursday that it was alert that Apple connected September 3 sent a caller notification to affected customers whose Apple devices whitethorn person been hacked.

The cybersecurity portion said receiving a threat notification intends that astatine slightest 1 of nan devices linked to a customer’s iCloud relationship “has been targeted and would beryllium perchance compromised.”

It’s unclear really galore individuals, including successful France, received nan September 3 threat notification, which spyware was used, aliases erstwhile nan intrusions began. 

An Apple spokesperson did not instantly respond to TechCrunch’s inquiries. 

Apple periodically notifies victims that their devices were targeted and advises victims to activity thief from Access Now’s integer information lab. Most recently, Apple has notified victims successful Iran, across Europe, India, and dozens of different countries of mercenary spyware attacks.

France’s President Emmanuel Macron reportedly switched phones successful 2021 aft his telephone was targeted pinch NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware.

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