Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Wednesday hit out at the central government after Opposition party leaders received an 'Apple warning message' claiming a privacy breach attempt on their devices.
P Chidambaram posted on X, "It is undeniable that hundreds of Opposition leaders got an alert from Apple of a state-sponsored attempt to compromise their phones. Why only Opposition leaders? Who will be interested in compromising the phones of Opposition leaders? After the Pegasus mystery (n
Sharing a screenshot of the alert message, KTR slammed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) saying that the party can stoop to any lows to attack opposition leaders.
Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday dismissed the allegations in connection with Apple's 'state-sponsored attack' message to some Opposition leaders and said that someone might have played a prank on them.
Union Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Tuesday informed that Apple has been asked to join its investigation into the 'state-sponsored' hacking allegations.
CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on alert he received from the US multinational company 'Apple' about the "state-sponsored snooping" of his communication devices and said any such move "constitutes a gross violation of the fundamental rights guaranteed
Multiple political leaders have alleged that their Apple devices have been the victim of alleged hacking. The leaders shared the screenshot of the warning received on their devices.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) IT Cell chief Amit Malviya on Tuesday refuted the opposition's claim of their phones being hacked by the Centre saying that it is "absolutely baseless."
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi on Tuesday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah seeking investigations into the alleged attempts to breach her iPhone through a targeted attack by 'state-sponsored hackers'.
After a major controversy erupted between the ruling party and the opposition leaders over the alleged hacking of their phones, Apple officially announced that it does not attribute the threat notifications to any specific state-sponsored attacker.