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Earlier this summer, Russian journalist Galina Timchenko was told by Apple that her iPhone might have been the target of a spyware attack by the Russian government. She may not have been the only one. Tech and privacy experts later revealed that Timchenko, leader of independent media outlet Medu
According to The New York Times, Timchenko may be the first known instance of the Russian state machinery targeting a journalist with Pegasus, but she is not.
Apple has started to warn Russian journalists that they are the targets of attacks using Pegasus, spyware used by governments to hack and monitor iPhones.