German lawmakers and officials among targets of Apple spyware warnings
Germany's cybersecurity agency BSI says lawmakers and officials received Apple spyware threat notifications, and told them to assume their devices are infected and replace them.
By GennnAi··1 min read
According to Der Spiegel, the alerts reached a delegation travelling with Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Asia; Green Party co-leader Franziska Brantner said she was among them. Apple places victims in 99 countries. The BSI does not know how many devices were actually infected or why these people were targeted. The news comes ahead of the Pall Mall Process meeting in Paris on November 11-12.
Source: The Record, published on November 3, 2026.