{
  "id": 17813625,
  "title": "Apple warns users in 99 countries of mercenary spyware",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/apple-warns-users-in-99-countries-of-mercenary-spyware",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-02T14:42:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Record",
    "slug": "the-record",
    "url": "https://therecord.media/apple-warns-users-99-countries-mercenary-spyware"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Apple does not attribute attacks or the notices to specific malicious actors or geographical regions, the notification said, due to the “extreme cost, sophistication, and worldwide nature of mercenary spyware attacks [which] make them some of the most advanced digital threats in existence today.”",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}