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Apple just issued iPhone hack warnings to more than a half-dozen people in India. They happen to be lawmakers from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's main opposition. The state-sponsored attacks occurred several months ahead of India's upcoming general elections. Some journalists have also been among the targets.
The warnings sound a lot like what Apple did when dealing with the dangerous Pegasus spyware that could infect an iPhone via a message — even without the user interacting with it.
It's unclear who is behind this new spying attempt, but Apple referred to the threat in its statement as a state-sponsored attack. Also, it's unclear what spyware program the nation-state actor is using. Or whether it's exploiting any newly found security issues that Apple has yet to patch.
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By: Chris Smith
Title: Apple detects sophisticated iPhone attack, warns Indian opposition of state-sponsored spying
Sourced From: bgr.com/tech/apple-detects-sophisticated-iphone-attack-warns-indian-opposition-of-state-sponsored-spying/
Published Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2023 15:10:00 +0000
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