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Apple alerts users in 92 nations to mercenary spyware attacks | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Apple previously described the attackers as “state-sponsored” but has replaced all such references with “mercenary spyware attacks.”

Any bets on the state sponsor?

[–] WamGams 4 points 10 months ago

India has been a serious issue with mercenary hackers.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

All of them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

I have heard Iran mentioned

[–] [email protected] -5 points 10 months ago

Great job "democracies"! In allowing "intelligence" agencies and capitalism to profit from both war and mass surveillance; dictators, criminals, and terrorists (both foreign and domestic) can now purchase big brother oppression tools the Gustapo and KGB could only fantasize about; only limited by how much money they have or promise to generate for the oligarchy.