Apple has sent a fresh round of threat notifications to some of its users in India. Along with 91 other nations, Apple has sent a new wave of danger notifications to some of its users in India, alerting them to the possibility that their iPhone was compromised by “mercenary spyware,” which includes the controversial Pegasus virus from the Israeli NSO Group.
Apple has not assigned blame to any stakeholder for the latest round of attacks. It had previously issued a similar alert in October of last year to opposition figures from all political parties, including Mahua Moitra of the TMC, Shashi Tharoor of Congress, and Raghav Chadha of the AAP, alerting them to a “potential state-sponsored spyware attack” on their iPhones.
The business later emphasized that it “does not attribute the threat notifications to any specific state-sponsored attacker” in response to government pressure.
The afflicted customers in India received the threat notification emails on Thursday, April 11, at approximately 12.30 am IST. How many people have actually gotten Apple’s threat notification is unknown. The email also makes reference to the Pegasus spyware developed by the NSO-Group, claiming that such tools are often used to target individuals all around the world.
A copy of the danger message, with the subject line “ALERT: Apple detected a targeted mercenary spyware attack against your iPhone,” has been seen by Todaysheadlines.news.
“Apple has discovered that the iPhone linked to your Apple ID -xxx- is the subject of a mercenary malware attack that aims to remotely corrupt it. You are probably the specific target of this attack because of who you are or what you do. The email message said, “Please take this warning carefully, since Apple has high confidence in its ability to detect such assaults, even though 100% assurance can never be achieved in this regard.
Attacks with mercenary spyware, like the ones that use Pegasus from the NSO Group, are incredibly uncommon and far more advanced than typical cybercrime or consumer malware. The targeting is ongoing and worldwide, but the attacks are expensive and targeted at a very limited number of individuals, according to Apple’s danger report.
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This article is originally published by indianexpress!
