AppleOn Wednesday, alert messages were sent to six researchers and activists who had criticised Thailand’s government. They warned that their iPhones may have been attacked by state-sponsored attackers.

Apple and Thailand’s Digital Ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Prajak Kongkirati, a political scientist at Bangkok’s Thammasat University, said he had received two emails from Apple warning it believed his iPhone and iCloud accounts had been targeted, along with a “threat notification” on his Apple account.

Sarinee Atchanont, a researcher, and Yingcheep Atchanont, a Thai activist with Legal Monitoring Group iLaw, claimed they received identical emails. However, a rapper and a political activist as well as a politician who was opposed to the government posted screenshots on their respective social media profiles.

All of them are seen as critical of Thailand’s government.

They warned that if your device was compromised by an attacker state-sponsored, they could be able remote access to your sensitive data, communications, and even the camera or microphone.

Two political activists in Ghana, an opposition politician in Uganda, as well as a dozen journalists from Salvadoran media reported later on Wednesday having received similar warning messages from Apple, according to social media posts reviewed by Reuters. Apple on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against Israeli cyber firm NSO Group and its parent company OSY Technologies for alleged surveillance and targeting of U.S. Apple users with its Pegasus spyware.

In a statement on Tuesday, Apple said that the NSO group had created “state-sponsored surveillance technology” that had been aimed at “very small number of users.”

It was not immediately clear in Apple’s alerts on Wednesday whether the company believed Thais were being targeted by Pegasus.

Citizen Lab, an Internet security group, identified a Pegasus spybot operating in Thailand in 2018.

The architects of the coup in 2014 are still in control of Thailand’s government, despite a 2019 election which its opponents claim was biased in favor the military.

Prayuth Chanocha, Prime Minister, is the leader of the coup. He denies that the military altered rules in order to maintain control. He’s been the subject of protests for many months.

Along with calls for democracy and greater accountability, there have also been criticisms of government management of the Coronavirus Pandemic as well as the economy.