Overview
- Apple, which told TechCrunch on Friday that it has seen no successful mercenary spyware attacks on devices in Lockdown Mode, put the claim on the record.
- Amnesty International and Citizen Lab report no cases of iPhones breached with the feature on, and Citizen Lab has seen it block Pegasus and Predator.
- The mode cuts common attack paths by blocking most message attachments, limiting complex web code, and stopping automatic joins to unsafe Wi‑Fi.
- Apple has sent threat alerts in more than 150 countries, a sign it is tracking mercenary spyware campaigns at global scale.
- Researchers note a stealth bypass could still exist, yet they point high‑risk users to Lockdown Mode as a strong, practical shield, including for people stuck on older software.