researchers: Announced late Thursday local time by Google researchers, the vulnerabilities were quietly fixed by Apple in February but only after thousands of iPhone users were believed exposed over more than two years, according to Nine News Australia. The researchers did not say who was behind the cyberespionage or what population was targeted but experts said the operation had the hallmarks of a nation-state effort. To improve your experience update it here News Worldi Phone users exposed spyware for more than two years in 'worst security failure yet'By Associated Press7 02am Aug 31, nation-state hackers used malware-laden websites to infect iPhones with spyware in what security researchers are calling the worst general security failure yet affecting the Apple devices. Suspected nation-state hackers used malware-laden websites to infect iPhones with spyware in what security researchers are calling the worst general security failure yet affecting the Apple devices. While the messaging applications may encrypt data in transit, it is readable at rest on iPhones. AP Sensitive data accessed by the spyware included Whats App, iMessage and Telegram text messages, Gmail, photos, contacts and real-time location essentially all the databases on the victim's phone.
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