Lebanese investigative journalist and film director Radwan Mortada, who directed The Catch, a new documentary that exposed the network behind the attack on the Israeli column in Lebanon, revealed on X that his iPhone was the target of a sophisticated espionage attack. Mortada said he was alerted to Apple's announcement of a mercenary espionage attack involving a type of technology developed by Israel's NSO Group, the company behind Pegasus. Mortada revealed that he was previously targeted at Pegasus in 2017 and 2021.

Lebanese investigative journalist and film director Radwan Mortada, who directed The Catch, a new documentary that exposed the network behind the attack on the Israeli column in Lebanon, revealed on X that his iPhone was the target of a sophisticated espionage attack. Mortada said he was alerted to Apple's announcement of a mercenary espionage attack involving a type of technology developed by Israel's NSO Group, the company behind Pegasus. Mortada revealed that he was previously targeted at Pegasus in 2017 and 2021.