Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was among the individuals whose phone was hacked in the WhatsApp spyware fiasco, the grand old party claimed on Sunday.

Randeep Surjewala, addressing a press conference, said that Gandhi had received a message from the Facebook-owned messaging platform informing her that her phone had also been targeted with the Israeli snooping software at the same time when other users were notified.

Surjewala said, "When WhatsApp sent messages to all those whose phones were hacked, one such message was also received by Priyanka Gandhi Vadra."