曼谷：泰国反对派领袖被指遭受间谍软件攻击，党方周二（11月3日）表示，但政府发言人否认国家可能是幕后主使。
BANGKOK: Thailand's opposition leader was targeted by a spyware attack, his party said on Tuesday (Nov 3), but a government spokesman denied a claim that the state could be behind the attempted surveillance.
纳塔丰·鲁恩潘亚武特（Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut）是进步派人民党（People's Party）的领袖，该党在二月的选举中排名第二。他在周二的一条社交媒体帖子中分享了自己设备上收到的“威胁通知”的截图。
Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut, whose progressive People's Party came second in February's election, shared in a social media post on Tuesday screenshots from his device of a "threat notification" from Apple.
通知写道：“Apple 检测到您正受到一场雇佣兵间谍软件攻击，该攻击试图远程破坏与您的 Apple 账户关联的 iPhone。”随后补充：“此攻击很可能是针对您本人，因为您的身份或所做的事。”通知指出，攻击已发送给“110 个国家的目标用户”，但未透露攻击者身份。
"Apple detected that you are being targeted by a mercenary spyware attack that is trying to remotely compromise the iPhone associated with your Apple Account," the notification said. "This attack is likely targeting you specifically because of who you are or what you do." It said the notification was sent to "targeted users in 110 countries" and did not identify the attackers.
一位网络安全监管者在 2022 年表示，泰国数十名民主活动家在两年前反政府抗议高峰期曾被名为 Pegasus 的间谍软件攻击。
A cybersecurity watchdog said in 2022 dozens of Thai democracy activists were targeted by spyware known as Pegasus during the height of anti-government protests two years earlier.
Pegasus 软件由以色列 NSO 集团（NSO Group）开发，能够在成功渗透移动设备后提取数据并激活摄像头或麦克风。
Pegasus software, created by Israeli firm NSO Group, can extract data and activate cameras or microphones once it has successfully infiltrated a mobile device.
人民党副发言人纳帕特·纳朗西亚（Napath Narangsiya）对法新社表示，纳塔丰是唯一一位在周二收到 Apple 警告的党内成员。
People's Party deputy spokesperson Napath Narangsiya told AFP that Natthaphong was the only party member who received the warning from Apple on Tuesday.
然而，他表示，在前总理普拉育·占奥查（Prayut Chan-o-cha）军方支持的政府时期，其他议员和党内工作人员也收到了类似通知。普拉育在 2014 年政变后上台。
However, he said other lawmakers and staffers from their political movement received similar notices during the military-backed government of former prime minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, who came to power after a 2014 coup.
纳帕特并未确认最近攻击使用了哪种间谍软件，也未透露幕后主使，但他表示嫌疑人名单很短。
It was not confirmed which spyware was used or who was behind the recent attack, according to Napath, though he said the list of suspects was short.
“如果间谍软件的开发和部署方式与 Pegasus 类似，那么它一定是国家行为者，”他对法新社说。
"If the spyware is developed and deployed similarly to Pegasus, then it has to be a state actor," he told AFP.
“我们认为除了泰国之外，没有其他国家会针对泰国反对派领袖。”政府发言人埃卡波布·皮安皮塞（Ekkapob Pianpises）表示，反对派的指控“毫无根据”。
"We don't think there are any other countries (except Thailand) that would target the Thai opposition leader." Government spokesman Ekkapob Pianpises said the opposition's insinuations were "baseless".
他表示，虽然政府机构在前几届政府期间曾提出预算申请以采购“飞马”间谍软件，但本财年和上一财年均未拨付此类预算。
While government agencies have made budget requests to procure Pegasus spyware during previous administrations, he said no such budget was allocated in the current or previous financial year.
周二，苹果公司和NSO集团均未回复法新社发送的电子邮件提问。
Both Apple and the NSO Group did not respond to emailed questions from AFP on Tuesday.
但NSO集团曾表示，其仅向政府机构出售网络情报技术，用于打击恐怖主义和其他犯罪。
But NSO Group has said it only sells its cyberintelligence technologies to government agencies to combat terrorism and other crimes.
苹果公司在8月的一份声明中表示，定向间谍软件攻击“历来与国家行为体有关”。
Apple said in a statement in August that targeted spyware attacks "have historically been associated with state actors".
民主党发言人蓬萨空·坤穆昂告诉法新社，该党领袖、前总理阿披实·威差吉瓦最近也收到了来自苹果的间谍软件通知，但其手机并未遭入侵。
Democrat Party spokesman Pongsakorn Kwanmuang told AFP that party leader and former prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva also recently received a spyware notification from Apple but his mobile phone was not compromised.