Apple has sent threat notifications to users in 99 countries warning them of suspected mercenary spyware attacks. The targets identified publicly include a Turkey-based reporter and a Lebanese documentary filmmaker. Apple stated it does not attribute the attacks to specific malicious actors or geographical regions due to the sophisticated and worldwide nature of such spyware threats.
Ragıp Soylu, Turkey bureau chief for Middle East Eye, reported receiving his third threat notification from Apple this year. Lebanese filmmaker and journalist Radwan Mortada also received a notification warning of sophisticated mercenary spyware targeting. Mortada noted the alert came shortly after releasing a documentary about 2024 pager explosions in Lebanon and his family home was subsequently damaged, though he acknowledged lacking concrete evidence connecting the incidents.
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