Senior European Commission officials were targeted by NSO Group spyware last year, reveals today Reuters. The EU executive was among the first institutions to receive alerts sent by Apple to all users whose iPhones have been compromised by this malware.
Last November, Apple announced, in the wake ofa complaint against NSOthat she was going prevent victims of targeted hacking. Individuals in Uganda, El Salvador and Thailand received these notifications late last year. This is therefore also the case within the European Commission, for at least five people.
Apple has already notified individuals whose iPhones may have been hacked 
Reuters could not determine if the infiltration attempts were successful, who the masterminds of the attack were, or what information they were able to retrieve. According to security researchers, these attempts took place between February and September 2021 with ForcedEntry, software used by NSO that allows customers of the Israeli publisher to discreetly enter iPhones.
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NSO, however, assured not to be responsible for these hacking attempts, indicating that they could not have taken place with its tools.
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