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A severe iOS exploitation toolkit called DarkSword was publicly leaked on GitHub beginning March 23, affecting millions of iPhones running outdated iOS versions. Apple immediately urged users to update their devices as security researchers warned the publicly available exploit code posed significant risk for spyware attacks. By March 26, despite Apple's security improvements in iOS 26, the leaked hacking tool continued to threaten users who had not installed the latest updates.