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	"title": "Spyware attack attempts on mobile devices of members of civil society discovered",
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	"plain_text": "Spyware attack attempts on mobile devices of members of civil\r\nsociety discovered\r\nBy Aleksa Boric\r\nPublished: 2023-11-20 · Archived: 2026-04-06 02:59:12 UTC\r\n20. November, 2023.\r\nSHARE Foundation warns of the disastrous impact of misuse of technology against the critical public in\r\nSerbia\r\nOn October 30, two members of civil society from Belgrade received an alert from Apple that they were potential\r\ntargets of state-sponsored technical attacks. Thanks to good cooperation with civil society organisations in Serbia,\r\nthey contacted the SHARE Foundation immediately after receiving the warning and asked to check the allegations\r\nto determine if their devices were attacked by any known spyware.\r\nAfter the SHARE Foundation team, in cooperation with Internews, received confirmation from Apple\r\nrepresentatives that the alerts were authentic, mobile devices were analysed to determine whether they had traces\r\nof spyware infection, among which the most well-known are Pegasus and Predator. For the final confirmation, the\r\nSHARE Foundation team turned to international organisations Access Now and Amnesty International, which\r\nhave high expertise in the field of digital forensics.\r\nBased on the reviewed data, these two respectable organisations confirmed that traces of an attack attempt\r\nthat took place on 16 August 2023 were found on both mobile devices. Both expert organisations came to\r\nthe same findings – that in the initial phase the attack was attempted via a vulnerability in the iPhone’s\r\nHomeKit functionality. The Pegasus spyware has previously been linked to multiple exploits targeting\r\nHomeKit, including PWNYOURHOME.\r\nhttps://www.sharefoundation.info/en/spyware-attack-attempts-on-mobile-devices-of-members-of-civil-society-discovered/\r\nPage 1 of 2\n\nThe SHARE Foundation warns that spyware attacks on representatives of the critical public have a disastrous\r\nimpact on democracy and human rights, especially in the pre-election period. The use of spyware is illegal and\r\nincompatible with democratic values.\r\nWe remind the public that these and similar tools for technical attacks on mobile devices are used by non-democratic regimes around the world to spy on members of the opposition, civil society, independent media,\r\ndissidents and other actors working in the public interest. Such activities threaten the freedom of expression and\r\nassociation, as well as the right to privacy and secrecy of communication guaranteed by domestic and\r\ninternational law.\r\nThe SHARE Foundation invites media and civil society representatives who may have received the same\r\nmessage from Apple to contact the foundation to verify the warning.\r\nNOTE: In accordance with the wishes of the members of civil society who were the target of the attack, as\r\nwell as with security measures, SHARE Foundation will not provide additional details about this incident.\r\nNOTE 2: The part of the text related to device analysis and vulnerabilities that were targeted was amended\r\non 29 November 2023 at 12:38 for precision.\r\nSource: https://www.sharefoundation.info/en/spyware-attack-attempts-on-mobile-devices-of-members-of-civil-society-discovered/\r\nhttps://www.sharefoundation.info/en/spyware-attack-attempts-on-mobile-devices-of-members-of-civil-society-discovered/\r\nPage 2 of 2",
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