Apple drops term 'state-sponsored' attacks from its threat notification policy

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As it discloses "mercenary spyware attack" affecting 92 countries.

Apple drops term 'state-sponsored' attacks from its threat notification policy
Apple has warned its users in India and 91 other countries that they were possible victims of a "mercenary spyware attack," dropping the word "state-sponsored" it used in its previous alerts to refer to such malware attacks. Apple discovered that attackers tried to "remotely compromise the ...

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