All three vulnerabilities were used as part of an exploit chain that lets attackers compromise iOS devices and potentially turn users' devices against them.
The company said in a recent quarterly filing that it had contained the attack and although some business functions were temporarily impacted, the security team restored its operations.
The campaign, which researchers began tracking early Wednesday morning as President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden were locked in a number of close races across different battleground states, leverages email lures with zip files or attachments with names like “Election Interference.”
By taking a broader look at these vulnerabilities, we get some good insight into the general tactics of state-backed hackers, the conditions of corporate security programs, and what companies can do to sharpen up their patching operations.