Apple warns iPhone users by email of cyberattack.

What to do if you get Apple's new spyware warning?
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/apple-warns-iphone-users-in-92-countries-of-extremely-advanced-cyberattack-what-to-do-if-you-get-spyware-warning-101712852573673.html

The email from Apple said jackers have remotely compromised the iPhone
associated with Apple users' Apple ID in at least 92 countries (of the two
hundred countries in the world).

Apple has high confidence in this warning where Apple begs its customers in
half the world to please take these many Apple focused cyberattacks very
seriously.

Apple has warned people in at least 150 of the 200 countries in the world
that since 2021 their highly insecure Apple devices have often successfully
been hit by multiple cyber attacks.

Am 11.04.24 um 23:49 schrieb prescient observer:
> Apple warns iPhone users by email of cyberattack.
>
> What to do if you get Apple's new spyware warning?
> https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/apple-warns-iphone-users-in-92-countries-of-extremely-advanced-cyberattack-what-to-do-if-you-get-spyware-warning-101712852573673.html
>
> The email from Apple said jackers have remotely compromised the iPhone
> associated with Apple users' Apple ID in at least 92 countries (of the two
> hundred countries in the world).
>
> Apple has high confidence in this warning where Apple begs its customers in
> half the world to please take these many Apple focused cyberattacks very
> seriously.
>
> Apple has warned people in at least 150 of the 200 countries in the world
> that since 2021 their highly insecure Apple devices have often successfully
> been hit by multiple cyber attacks.

Arlen, you are a hilarious idiot and Troll.

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From: prescient observer <prescient@google.com>
Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone
Subject: Apple warns iPhone users in half the world via email of new iOS
cyberattacks
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 21:49:43 -0000 (UTC)
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--
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On 2024-04-11 21:49:43 +0000, prescient observer said:

> Apple warns iPhone users by email of cyberattack.
>
> What to do if you get Apple's new spyware warning?
> https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/apple-warns-iphone-users-in-92-countries-of-extremely-advanced-cyberattack-what-to-do-if-you-get-spyware-warning-101712852573673.html
>
>
> The email from Apple said jackers have remotely compromised the iPhone
> associated with Apple users' Apple ID in at least 92 countries (of the two
> hundred countries in the world).
>
> Apple has high confidence in this warning where Apple begs its customers in
> half the world to please take these many Apple focused cyberattacks very
> seriously.
>
> Apple has warned people in at least 150 of the 200 countries in the world
> that since 2021 their highly insecure Apple devices have often successfully
> been hit by multiple cyber attacks.

Another trolling moron for the killfile. :-\

On 12/04/2024 at 06:37, Jörg Lorenz wrote:
> Am 11.04.24 um 23:49 schrieb prescient observer:
>> Apple warns iPhone users by email of cyberattack.
>>
>> What to do if you get Apple's new spyware warning?
>> https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/apple-warns-iphone-users-in-92-countries-of-extremely-advanced-cyberattack-what-to-do-if-you-get-spyware-warning-101712852573673.html
>>
>> The email from Apple said jackers have remotely compromised the iPhone
>> associated with Apple users' Apple ID in at least 92 countries (of the two
>> hundred countries in the world).
>>
>> Apple has high confidence in this warning where Apple begs its customers in
>> half the world to please take these many Apple focused cyberattacks very
>> seriously.
>>
>> Apple has warned people in at least 150 of the 200 countries in the world
>> that since 2021 their highly insecure Apple devices have often successfully
>> been hit by multiple cyber attacks.
>
> Arlen, you are a hilarious idiot and Troll.
>
> Path:
> eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!newsfeed.bofh.team!paganini.bofh.team!not-for-mail
> From: prescient observer <prescient@google.com>
> Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone
> Subject: Apple warns iPhone users in half the world via email of new iOS
> cyberattacks
> Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 21:49:43 -0000 (UTC)
> Organization: To protect and to server
> Message-ID: <uv9ltn$9q3a$1@paganini.bofh.team>
> Injection-Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 21:49:43 -0000 (UTC)
> Injection-Info: paganini.bofh.team; logging-data="321642";
> posting-host="9W8EoudPqC84CncjTwLoXQ.user.paganini.bofh.team";
> mail-complaints-to="usenet@bofh.team";
> posting-account="9dIQLXBM7WM9KzA+yjdR4A";
> X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.9.3
>

I have read this on cnet.com and theregister, though.

--
Wilf

Wilf wrote:

>On 12/04/2024 at 06:37, Jörg Lorenz wrote:
>>Am 11.04.24 um 23:49 schrieb prescient observer:
>>>Apple warns iPhone users by email of cyberattack.
>>>
>>>What to do if you get Apple's new spyware warning?
>>>https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/apple-warns-iphone-users-in-92-countries-of-extremely-advanced-cyberattack-what-to-do-if-you-get-spyware-warning-101712852573673.html
>>>
>>>The email from Apple said jackers have remotely compromised the
>>>iPhone associated with Apple users' Apple ID in at least 92
>>>countries (of the two hundred countries in the world).
>>>
>>>Apple has high confidence in this warning where Apple begs its
>>>customers in half the world to please take these many Apple
>>>focused cyberattacks very seriously.
>>>
>>>Apple has warned people in at least 150 of the 200 countries in
>>>the world that since 2021 their highly insecure Apple devices
>>>have often successfully been hit by multiple cyber attacks.
>>
>>Arlen, you are a hilarious idiot and Troll.
>>
>>Path:
>>eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-sep
>>tember.org!newsfeed.bofh.team!paganini.bofh.team!not-for-mail From:
>>prescient observer <prescient@google.com> Newsgroups:
>>misc.phone.mobile.iphone Subject: Apple warns iPhone users in half
>>the world via email of new iOS cyberattacks
>>Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 21:49:43 -0000 (UTC)
>>Organization: To protect and to server
>>Message-ID: <uv9ltn$9q3a$1@paganini.bofh.team>
>>Injection-Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 21:49:43 -0000 (UTC)
>>Injection-Info: paganini.bofh.team; logging-data="321642";
>>posting-host="9W8EoudPqC84CncjTwLoXQ.user.paganini.bofh.team";
>>mail-complaints-to="usenet@bofh.team";
>>posting-account="9dIQLXBM7WM9KzA+yjdR4A";
>>X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.9.3
>>
>
>I have read this on cnet.com and theregister, though.

Surely Arlen wrote all those articles...

On 12/04/2024 at 12:33, badgolferman wrote:
> Wilf wrote:
>
>> On 12/04/2024 at 06:37, Jörg Lorenz wrote:
>>> Am 11.04.24 um 23:49 schrieb prescient observer:
>>>> Apple warns iPhone users by email of cyberattack.
>>>>
>>>> What to do if you get Apple's new spyware warning?
>>>> https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/apple-warns-iphone-users-in-92-countries-of-extremely-advanced-cyberattack-what-to-do-if-you-get-spyware-warning-101712852573673.html
>>>>
>>>> The email from Apple said jackers have remotely compromised the
>>>> iPhone associated with Apple users' Apple ID in at least 92
>>>> countries (of the two hundred countries in the world).
>>>>
>>>> Apple has high confidence in this warning where Apple begs its
>>>> customers in half the world to please take these many Apple
>>>> focused cyberattacks very seriously.
>>>>
>>>> Apple has warned people in at least 150 of the 200 countries in
>>>> the world that since 2021 their highly insecure Apple devices
>>>> have often successfully been hit by multiple cyber attacks.
>>>
>>> Arlen, you are a hilarious idiot and Troll.
>>>
>>> Path:
>>> eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-sep
>>> tember.org!newsfeed.bofh.team!paganini.bofh.team!not-for-mail From:
>>> prescient observer <prescient@google.com> Newsgroups:
>>> misc.phone.mobile.iphone Subject: Apple warns iPhone users in half
>>> the world via email of new iOS cyberattacks
>>> Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 21:49:43 -0000 (UTC)
>>> Organization: To protect and to server
>>> Message-ID: <uv9ltn$9q3a$1@paganini.bofh.team>
>>> Injection-Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 21:49:43 -0000 (UTC)
>>> Injection-Info: paganini.bofh.team; logging-data="321642";
>>> posting-host="9W8EoudPqC84CncjTwLoXQ.user.paganini.bofh.team";
>>> mail-complaints-to="usenet@bofh.team";
>>> posting-account="9dIQLXBM7WM9KzA+yjdR4A";
>>> X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.9.3
>>>
>>
>> I have read this on cnet.com and theregister, though.
>
>
> Surely Arlen wrote all those articles...

Well I guess that not all iPhone issues are only in the mind of whoever
this "Arlen" is.

--
Wilf

On 2024-04-11 17:49, prescient observer wrote:
> Apple warns iPhone users by email of cyberattack.

To be clear, this does not mean -all- users in those 92 countries.

It means high profile people (politicians, journalists, activists,
company execs, etc) who are likely targets of sophisticated attacks such
as made possible by NSO Group Malware (and others).

So. Unless you are one of the very, very, very few who are targeted,
this attack is not a worry but it does give some trolls an
uncontrollable urge to belch all over the place, again.

--
“Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first;
nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.”
- Charles de Gaulle.

Alan Browne wrote:
> On 2024-04-11 17:49, prescient observer wrote:
>> Apple warns iPhone users by email of cyberattack.
>
> To be clear, this does not mean -all- users in those 92 countries.
>
> It means high profile people (politicians, journalists, activists, company
> execs, etc) who are likely targets of sophisticated attacks such as made
> possible by NSO Group Malware (and others).
>
> So.  Unless you are one of the very, very, very few who are targeted, this
> attack is not a worry but it does give some trolls an uncontrollable urge
> to belch all over the place, again.
>

Thanks for that. Now I can relax. Good to know apple has kept our stuff
impenetrable.

On 2024-04-12 17:49, Hank Rogers wrote:
> Alan Browne wrote:
>> On 2024-04-11 17:49, prescient observer wrote:
>>> Apple warns iPhone users by email of cyberattack.
>>
>> To be clear, this does not mean -all- users in those 92 countries.
>>
>> It means high profile people (politicians, journalists, activists,
>> company execs, etc) who are likely targets of sophisticated attacks
>> such as made possible by NSO Group Malware (and others).
>>
>> So.  Unless you are one of the very, very, very few who are targeted,
>> this attack is not a worry but it does give some trolls an
>> uncontrollable urge to belch all over the place, again.
>>
>
> Thanks for that. Now I can relax. Good to know apple has kept our stuff
> impenetrable.

If I were to keep track I suspect you're batting near 1.000 for idiotic
remarks.

--
“Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first;
nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.”
- Charles de Gaulle.

On Fri, 12 Apr 2024 13:33:51 +0100, Wilf wrote:

>>> On 12/04/2024 at 06:37, J?rg Lorenz wrote:
>>>> Am 11.04.24 um 23:49 schrieb prescient observer:
>>>>> Apple warns iPhone users by email of cyberattack.
>>>>>
>>>>> What to do if you get Apple's new spyware warning?
>>>>> https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/apple-warns-iphone-users-in-92-countries-of-extremely-advanced-cyberattack-what-to-do-if-you-get-spyware-warning-101712852573673.html
>>>>>
>>>>> The email from Apple said jackers have remotely compromised the
>>>>> iPhone associated with Apple users' Apple ID in at least 92
>>>>> countries (of the two hundred countries in the world).
>>>>>
>>>>> Apple has high confidence in this warning where Apple begs its
>>>>> customers in half the world to please take these many Apple
>>>>> focused cyberattacks very seriously.
>>>>>
>>>>> Apple has warned people in at least 150 of the 200 countries in
>>>>> the world that since 2021 their highly insecure Apple devices
>>>>> have often successfully been hit by multiple cyber attacks.

>>> I have read this on cnet.com and theregister, though.

>> Surely Arlen wrote all those articles...
>
> Well I guess that not all iPhone issues are only in the mind of whoever
> this "Arlen" is.

https://appleinsider.com/articles/24/04/11/apple-warns-of-a-mercenary-spyware-attack-on-iphones
https://www.macrumors.com/2024/04/11/apple-warns-users-mercenary-spyware-attacks/
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/10/apple-warning-mercenary-spyware-attacks/
https://www.tomsguide.com/phones/iphones/apple-sends-out-iphone-mercenary-spyware-warnings-to-92-countries-what-you-need-to-know
https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2024/04/11/apple-warns-users-in-92-countries-they-may-have-been-targeted-by-mercenary-spyware-attacks/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kateoflahertyuk/2024/04/12/apple-issues-new-spyware-attack-warning-to-iphone-users/
https://www.techspot.com/news/102588-apple-warns-users-92-countries-mercenary-spyware-attacks.html
https://www.pcmag.com/news/apple-warns-users-in-92-countries-about-mercenary-spyware-threat
https://mashable.com/article/apple-spyware-notification-92-countries
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/apple-mercenary-spyware-attacks-target-iphone-users-in-92-countries/
https://www.pcmag.com/news/apple-warns-users-in-92-countries-about-mercenary-spyware-threat
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/technology/apple-warns-iphone-users-of-a-dangerous-new-malware-attack-found-in-92-countries/ar-BB1ls5LH
https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/lifestyle/apple-iphone-hack-spyware-attack-b2527795.html
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/apple-warns-iphone-users-in-92-countries-of-extremely-advanced-cyberattack-what-to-do-if-you-get-spyware-warning/ar-BB1lt8vo
https://www.gadgets360.com/mobiles/news/apple-iphone-mercenary-spyware-attack-warning-countries-5417897
https://techmonitor.ai/technology/cybersecurity/mercenary-spyware-attack
https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-iphone-spyware-attack-alert-2024-4?op=1
https://www.gsmarena.com/apple_warns_users_in_over_90_countries_on_mercenary_spyware_attacks-news-62396.php

On 2024-04-12 08:25:34 +0000, Wilf said:

> On 12/04/2024 at 06:37, Jörg Lorenz wrote:
>> Am 11.04.24 um 23:49 schrieb prescient observer:
>>> Apple warns iPhone users by email of cyberattack.
>>>
>>> What to do if you get Apple's new spyware warning?
>>> https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/apple-warns-iphone-users-in-92-countries-of-extremely-advanced-cyberattack-what-to-do-if-you-get-spyware-warning-101712852573673.html
>>>
>>>
>>> The email from Apple said jackers have remotely compromised the iPhone
>>> associated with Apple users' Apple ID in at least 92 countries (of the two
>>> hundred countries in the world).
>>>
>>> Apple has high confidence in this warning where Apple begs its
>>> customers in half the world to please take these many Apple focused
>>> cyberattacks very seriously.
>>>
>>> Apple has warned people in at least 150 of the 200 countries in the world
>>> that since 2021 their highly insecure Apple devices have often
>>> successfully been hit by multiple cyber attacks.
>>
>> Arlen, you are a hilarious idiot and Troll.
>>
>> Path:
>> eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!newsfeed.bofh.team!paganini.bofh.team!not-for-mail
>>
>> From: prescient observer <prescient@google.com>
>> Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone
>> Subject: Apple warns iPhone users in half the world via email of new iOS
>> cyberattacks
>> Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 21:49:43 -0000 (UTC)
>> Organization: To protect and to server
>> Message-ID: <uv9ltn$9q3a$1@paganini.bofh.team>
>> Injection-Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 21:49:43 -0000 (UTC)
>> Injection-Info: paganini.bofh.team; logging-data="321642";
>> posting-host="9W8EoudPqC84CncjTwLoXQ.user.paganini.bofh.team";
>> mail-complaints-to="usenet@bofh.team";
>> posting-account="9dIQLXBM7WM9KzA+yjdR4A";
>> X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.9.3
>
> I have read this on cnet.com and theregister, though.

Up to the actual link in the originla post is a real news item. The
three paragraphs after the link are just the usual nonsense troll
garbage.

On 12/04/2024 at 23:48, Dennis the Menace wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Apr 2024 13:33:51 +0100, Wilf wrote:
>
>>>> On 12/04/2024 at 06:37, J?rg Lorenz wrote:
>>>>> Am 11.04.24 um 23:49 schrieb prescient observer:
>>>>>> Apple warns iPhone users by email of cyberattack.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What to do if you get Apple's new spyware warning?
>>>>>> https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/apple-warns-iphone-users-in-92-countries-of-extremely-advanced-cyberattack-what-to-do-if-you-get-spyware-warning-101712852573673.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The email from Apple said jackers have remotely compromised the
>>>>>> iPhone associated with Apple users' Apple ID in at least 92
>>>>>> countries (of the two hundred countries in the world).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Apple has high confidence in this warning where Apple begs its
>>>>>> customers in half the world to please take these many Apple
>>>>>> focused cyberattacks very seriously.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Apple has warned people in at least 150 of the 200 countries in
>>>>>> the world that since 2021 their highly insecure Apple devices
>>>>>> have often successfully been hit by multiple cyber attacks.
>
>
>>>> I have read this on cnet.com and theregister, though.
>
>>> Surely Arlen wrote all those articles...
>>
>> Well I guess that not all iPhone issues are only in the mind of whoever
>> this "Arlen" is.
>
> https://appleinsider.com/articles/24/04/11/apple-warns-of-a-mercenary-spyware-attack-on-iphones
> https://www.macrumors.com/2024/04/11/apple-warns-users-mercenary-spyware-attacks/
> https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/10/apple-warning-mercenary-spyware-attacks/
> https://www.tomsguide.com/phones/iphones/apple-sends-out-iphone-mercenary-spyware-warnings-to-92-countries-what-you-need-to-know
> https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2024/04/11/apple-warns-users-in-92-countries-they-may-have-been-targeted-by-mercenary-spyware-attacks/
> https://www.forbes.com/sites/kateoflahertyuk/2024/04/12/apple-issues-new-spyware-attack-warning-to-iphone-users/
> https://www.techspot.com/news/102588-apple-warns-users-92-countries-mercenary-spyware-attacks.html
> https://www.pcmag.com/news/apple-warns-users-in-92-countries-about-mercenary-spyware-threat
> https://mashable.com/article/apple-spyware-notification-92-countries
> https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/apple-mercenary-spyware-attacks-target-iphone-users-in-92-countries/
> https://www.pcmag.com/news/apple-warns-users-in-92-countries-about-mercenary-spyware-threat
> https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/technology/apple-warns-iphone-users-of-a-dangerous-new-malware-attack-found-in-92-countries/ar-BB1ls5LH
> https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/lifestyle/apple-iphone-hack-spyware-attack-b2527795.html
> https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/apple-warns-iphone-users-in-92-countries-of-extremely-advanced-cyberattack-what-to-do-if-you-get-spyware-warning/ar-BB1lt8vo
> https://www.gadgets360.com/mobiles/news/apple-iphone-mercenary-spyware-attack-warning-countries-5417897
> https://techmonitor.ai/technology/cybersecurity/mercenary-spyware-attack
> https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-iphone-spyware-attack-alert-2024-4?op=1
> https://www.gsmarena.com/apple_warns_users_in_over_90_countries_on_mercenary_spyware_attacks-news-62396.php

Thank you. I have no idea who this oft-quoted bete noire "Arlen" is,
but unless he is very influential, I don't imagine all of those
publications could have been taken in by just that one person.

Reminds me of the book 1984, where every ill in the society was
deliberately ascribed to the invented arch enemy Goldstein.

--
Wilf