NEW: Apple notified several Iranians that they were targets of government spyware in the last year, according to security researchers.
Since 2021, Apple says it has notified people in 150 countries of these types of attacks, but we don't always get to know which countries, so this is an interesting data point.

Apple alerted Iranians to iPhone spyware attacks, say researchers | TechCrunch
Researchers say Apple sent out threat notifications to several Iranians in recent months, saying their iPhones had been hacked. Iran is likely behind the attacks.

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