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Anna Desmarais

New iPhone hack steals messages, emails, and location from ‘millions’ of phones in seconds

Cybersecurity experts are sounding the alarm about a new type of hacking campaign, called “DarkSword,” that could access personal data on millions of iPhones.

The attacks target iPhones with iOS versions 18.4 through 18.6.2 with a “hit-and-run” technique that steals personal data, including a user’s text messages, emails, and location history, in a matter of minutes, according to a joint investigation from Google, cloud company Lookout and privacy platform iVerify.

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