Apple Inc. final week notified 11 U.S. State Division workers in Uganda that their iPhones had been hacked, and investigators have linked the assault to a device developed by NSO Group, an Israeli expertise firm that was blacklisted by the Biden administration, in line with an individual conversant in the matter.
Among the focused State Division workers had been overseas service officers who’re U.S. residents, whereas others seem like locals working for the embassy, the individual conversant in the matter mentioned. The hacked telephones had been linked to State Division e mail addresses, the individual mentioned.
