Apple’s threat notification system will now warn users that they have been individually targeted using mercenary spyware, a shift from the company’s previous threat notifications that warned users about attempts to compromise their devices using state-sponsored attacks. Apple accordingly updated its FAQ site about the threat notification system on April 10.
Apple launched the threat notification system in November 2021 to warn users who may have been targeted by state-sponsored attackers. This system was launched after the company sued the NSO Group, the Israeli maker of ‘Pegasus’, in the same month in the wake of the second bout of Pegasus-related exposures in July 2021.
On April 10, Apple updated its FAQ about the system so that its description now says “Apple threat notifications are designed to inform and assist users who may have been individually targeted by mercenary spyware attacks”.
“Since 2021, we have sent Apple threat notifications multiple times a year as we have detected these attacks, and to date we have notified users in over 150 countries in total,” Apple’s updated FAQ said.
