Venugopal’s phone under spyware attack

New Delhi, Agencies: The Congress’s Alappuzha MP and party organisation in-charge KC Venugopal on Saturday said that he had received a message from technology company Apple about a “targeted mercenary spyware attack” on his iPhone.

This came three days after IItija Mufti, the daughter of former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, and Pushparaj Deshpande, author and founder of sociopolitical organisation Samruddha Bharat Foundation, said they had received similar messages from Apple.

The technolog y company has sent out similar notifications warning users of an attack several times since 2021.