This comes days after Congress General Secretary K C Venugopal accused the Narendra Modi-led central government of using a “malicious spyware” to try and hack his mobile phone.
Madhya Pradesh State Congress chief Jitu Patwari claimed that his iPhone was targeted by “spyware which was a state-sponsored attempt to misuse his data for political gains”.
Patwari filed a complaint with the Additional DGP Cyber Cell office in Bhopal, alleging that on July 9 he received a threat notification on his email ID and another on July 11 about an account recovery request for his Apple ID.
This comes days after Congress General Secretary K C Venugopal accused the Narendra Modi-led central government of using a “malicious spyware” to try and hack his mobile phone.
“you are being targeted by a mercenary spyware attack that is trying to remotely compromise the iPhone associated with your Apple ID… Today’s notification is being sent to targeted users in 98 countries, and to date we have notified users in over 150 countries in total,” the notification read.
ADG (Law and Order) Jaideep Prasad confirmed that a written application has been received regarding the hacking of the mobile phone of Patwari. “Patwari has written that he received an email from Apple informing him that his mobile phone was subjected to a targeted spyware attack. Based on the complaint, the Cyber Cell police station has launched an investigation,” Prasad said.
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