Mehbooba’s daughter among Apple users in 98 countries to receive alert on ‘mercenary spyware’

Iltija Mufti, the daughter of former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, Wednesday said she had received an Apple threat notification saying her iPhone could have been attacked by “mercenary spyware”, such as the NSO Group’s Pegasus.

“Got an Apple alert that my phone’s been hacked by Pegasus which GOI has admittedly procured & weaponised to harass critics & political opponents…” Iltija Mufti said in a post on social media platform X.

“I have not received such an alert before, never to my knowledge,” she told The Indian Express.