{"id":228416,"date":"2026-03-28T01:08:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T05:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/28\/apple-says-no-iphone-has-been-hacked-when-this-feature-is-turned-on\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T01:40:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T05:40:11","slug":"apple-says-no-iphone-has-been-hacked-when-this-feature-is-turned-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/28\/apple-says-no-iphone-has-been-hacked-when-this-feature-is-turned-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple says no iPhone has been hacked when this feature is turned on"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/technology\/mobiles-tabs\/apple-says-no-iphone-has-been-hacked-when-this-feature-is-turned-on\/articleshow\/129859209.cms\">Apple says no iPhone has been hacked when this feature is turned on<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/technology\/mobiles-tabs\/apple-says-no-iphone-has-been-hacked-when-this-feature-is-turned-on\/articleshow\/129859209.cms\">https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/technology\/mobiles-tabs\/apple-says-no-iphone-has-been-hacked-when-this-feature-is-turned-on\/articleshow\/129859209.cms<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-03-28 01:08:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"timesofindia.indiatimes.com\">timesofindia.indiatimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>  Nearly four years after introducing its most extreme security feature, Apple says Lockdown Mode has yet to be successfully breached. As per a report by Tech Crunch, no iPhone has been breached even by sophisticated government-grade spyware.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>The company confirmed it has not observed a single case where an iPhone or other Apple device running Lockdown Mode was compromised. \u201cWe are not aware of any successful mercenary spyware attacks against a Lockdown Mode-enabled Apple device,\u201d Apple spokesperson Sarah O\u2019Rourke told TechCrunch.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/> <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/> <\/p>\n<p> <span>Watch<\/span><\/p>\n<p> Apple&#8217;s Foldable iPhone is Coming, Here\u2019s Why it Matters <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>What is Lockdown Mode<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>The feature, launched in 2022, was designed specifically to protect high-risk users\u2014journalists, activists, and officials\u2014from advanced surveillance tools.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>Lockdown Mode works by aggressively restricting certain device functions often exploited by attackers. It limits message attachments, disables some web technologies, and blocks incoming invitations or connections from unknown sources\u2014essentially shrinking the attack surface.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>The threat it\u2019s built to counter is serious. Spyware developed by firms like NSO Group, Intellexa, and Paragon Solutions has been used globally to target individuals through so-called \u201czero-click\u201d attacks\u2014requiring no user interaction.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>Independent research appears to back Apple\u2019s claims. Investigators at Amnesty International and Citizen Lab say they have not found any instance where spyware successfully breached a device with Lockdown Mode enabled. In some cases, researchers observed attacks being actively blocked\u2014including attempts using Pegasus and Predator spyware.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>There\u2019s even evidence attackers avoid such devices altogether. Researchers at Google have noted that certain spyware tools will abandon attempts if Lockdown Mode is detected \u2014 likely to reduce the risk of exposure.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/>Apple has also stepped up its efforts to notify users of potential attacks, sending alerts to individuals across more than 150&#8230;<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/technology\/mobiles-tabs\/apple-says-no-iphone-has-been-hacked-when-this-feature-is-turned-on\/articleshow\/129859209.cms\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple says no iPhone has been hacked when this feature is turned on https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/technology\/mobiles-tabs\/apple-says-no-iphone-has-been-hacked-when-this-feature-is-turned-on\/articleshow\/129859209.cms Publish&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":228417,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-129859224,width-1280,height-720,imgsize-28740,resizemode-6,overlay-toi_sw,pt-32,y_pad-600\/photo.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[120],"tags":[57],"class_list":["post-228416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-iphone","tag-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228416"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228416"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":228418,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228416\/revisions\/228418"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}