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Apple this week sent threat notifications advising users in 100 countries that their phones had been targeted by advanced commercial spyware, according to a victim of the attacks.

Cyrus Pellegrino, an Italian journalist who received a notification, came forward in a column published Wednesday. It is unclear what type of spyware targeted Pellegrino and Vlaardingerbroek’s phones, but in his article revealing the attack Pellegrino noted “some elements would seem to indicate” the targeting of his device is linked to 90 Paragon attacks WhatsApp reported detecting in January.

[Apple] has sent threat notifications multiple times a year since 2021, according to an April 23 blog post in which it detailed the program but did not reveal the latest wave of detections.

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