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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington

Critics of Serbia’s government targeted with ‘military-grade spyware’

Illustration of a padlock in front of the word Spyware and binary code.
The individuals were first alerted of the attempted hack by Apple, which sent both an alert that they may have been targeted by a state-sponsored actor. Photograph: Dado Ruvić/Reuters

Critics of Serbia’s nationalist government who have documented the country’s endemic corruption were targeted with military-grade spyware earlier this year, according to new findings by security researchers.

The attempted hacking of two Serbian pro-democracy activists – who have asked not to be named to protect their safety – was ultimately not successful because both individuals’ Apple iPhones had been updated with the latest iOS software, which the researchers said protected the devices from being infiltrated.

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