{"id":636829,"date":"2026-08-14T13:13:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T13:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/636829\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T13:13:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T13:13:19","slug":"did-your-iphone-recieve-an-apple-threat-notification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/636829\/","title":{"rendered":"Did your iPhone recieve an \u2018Apple Threat Notification\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Posted Aug 14, 2026 at 9:06 AM UTC<\/p>\n<p>Did your iPhone recieve an \u2018Apple Threat Notification\u2019?<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">You\u2019re not alone \u2014 Apple told <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/08\/13\/if-apple-sends-you-a-push-notification-alerting-you-to-a-spyware-attack-take-it-seriously\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TechCrunch<\/a> that it sent the notifications on Thursday to users in 110 countries who it suspects have been targeted by mercenary spyware. Apple has <a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/102174\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a new support page<\/a> with guidance on how targets can best protect their devices against such attacks, which have \u201chistorically been associated with state actors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"_1pegheu1\" href=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/iphone-apple-threat-notification.png?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" data-pswp-height=\"461\" data-pswp-width=\"640\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"The Apple Threat Notification alert on iPhone.\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"i7ks070\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'\/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'\/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'\/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'\/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3C\/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mN8+R8AAtcB6oaHtZcAAAAASUVORK5CYII='\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E&quot;)\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/iphone-apple-threat-notification.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is what the notification looks like. 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