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> There has never been a widespread malware attack on the iphone

I had a calendar malware that I had to remove from my sister's iphone just last year.

There's been also (and still exists) fake apps pushed with appstore ads, not sure if you count this or not.

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your sister’s calendar does not really qualify as “widespread malware attack” :)

and neither do thousands of “fake apps” that no one installs

I don't think that you can find a definition of malware that those won't fit in.

The calendar malware pushes garbage ad notification in loops on the iphone and is triggered without user intent.

And then it's not just "fake apps" but apps designed to steal your credentials appearing at the top of the appstore.

By malware I meant something that broke the sandbox and gained deep access to the system. Ad ware and slop is a problem and I guess could count under the malware umbrella but it’s much less worrying than an exploit being able to read data from other apps.

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