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

Apple Inc new tab 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 iPhone,” it said in a notification email that was sent to targeted users and seen by Reuters.

The company had previously said on its website that its threat notifications were designed to inform and assist users who might have been targeted by “state-sponsored attackers.”

But Apple’s latest update posted on the website on Wednesday said the threat notifications were designed to help users “who might have been individually targeted by mercenary spyware attacks.”

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