"BJP Shamelessly Snoops On Women...": Iltija Mufti On Apple Alert (image: x.com/IltijaMufti)
PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti’s daughter Iltija Mufti alleged that her iPhone has been hacked by Pegasus. On Wednesday, sharing the screenshots of an alert she received on her phone, she attacked the ruling BJP-led government on social media, stating they “snoop on women.”
Taking to X, Iltija Mufti wrote: “Got an Apple alert that my phone’s been hacked by Pegasus which GOI has admittedly procured & weaponised to harass critics & political opponents. BJP shamelessly snoops on women only because we refuse to toe their line. How low will you stoop?” She shared screenshots of the alert notification along with the post.
Got an Apple alert that my phone’s been hacked by Pegasus which GOI has admittedly procured & weaponised to harass critics & political opponents. BJP shamelessly snoops on women only because we refuse to toe their line. How low will you stoop? @PMOIndia @HMOIndia pic.twitter.com/ohzbCO8txI
— Iltija Mufti (@IltijaMufti_) July 10, 2024
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The notification said that Apple had detected a targeted mercenary spyware attack against your iPhone and it is attempting to remotely compromise the iPhone associated with Iltija Mufti’s Apple id.
“This attack is likely targeting you specifically because of who you are or what you do. Although it’s never possible to achieve absolute certainty when detecting such attacks, Apple has high confidence in this warning please take it seriously,” the notification added.
The alert also informed that since 2021, they have sent similar threat notifications multiple times a year as it detect mercenary spyware attacks. It has sent notification to targeted users in 98 countries, and till date they have notified users over 150 countries.
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“Mercenary spyware attacks, such as those using Pegasus from the NSO Group, are exceptionally rare and vastly more sophisticated than regular cybercriminal activity or consumer malware. These attacks cost millions of dollars and are individually deployed against a very small number of people, but the targeting is ongoing and global,” the notification read.
On October last year, several opposition leaders stated they received threat notifications on their iPhones about “state-sponsored attackers” targeting their iPhones, and the leaders shared the purported screenshots of the message received on their devices.
