France says Apple has notified the victims of the new spyware attacks

Apple has informed a number of individuals that their devices were targeted in the spyware campaign, according to the French government.

The unit of national cybersecurity in France He said on Thursday It was aware that Apple on September 3 had sent a new notice of affected customers who had hacked Apple devices.

The Cyber ​​Security Unit said that receiving a threat note means that one of the devices is at least from the devices associated with the customer’s account “targeted and is likely to be at risk.”

The number of individuals, including in France, has not been notified of the threat on September 3, which was used spyware, or when the interventions started.

Apple spokesman did not immediately respond to Techcrunch inquiries.

apple Periodically comes to Victims whose devices have been targeted and the victims are advised to ask for help from Access Now’s Digital Security Lab. Recently, I reported Apple Victims in Iranand All over Europeand IndiaAnd dozens of other countries of mercenary spyware attacks.

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