Jul 26, 2024 01:44 PM IST
In October-November 2023, a number of opposition leaders claimed that they acquired threats on their cellphones from iPhone maker Apple Inc., warning them of a possible state-sponsored cyber assault
New Delhi: Minister of state (MoS), ministry of electronics and data know-how (MeitY), Jitin Prasad, informed the Rajya Sabha on Friday that the Indian Pc Emergency Response Group (CERT-In) is in contact with the Apple firm to resolve the problem of alleged state-sponsored hacking that was raised by opposition leaders final yr.
In October-November 2023, a number of opposition leaders claimed that they acquired threats on their cellphones from iPhone maker Apple Inc., warning them of a possible state-sponsored cyber assault.
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi, Trinamool Congress’ Mahua Moitra, Aam Aadmi Get together’s (AAP) Raghav Chadha, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi, Congress’ Shashi Tharoor and his occasion’s media and publicity division head Pawan Khera have been amongst those that flagged the message from Apple in 2023.
Prasad was responding to a query from AAP’s Raghav Chaddha over state-sponsored hacking within the Higher Home at present.
“The opposition leaders are victims of state-sponsored adware assaults, whereby our cellphones notified us {that a} cyber assault that was aimed in direction of infiltrating our cell phone gadgets has been carried out by the state,” Chadda mentioned and questioned whether or not the federal government has taken cognisance of the matter.
He additional requested for a listing of people that have been victims of such assaults and demanded clarification on the motion that had been taken on this matter.
Prasad responded by saying that there isn’t any such factor as state-sponsored hacking. Addressing the Apple state-sponsored hacking concern that was raised by some opposition leaders in October 2023, the MoS mentioned, “We’re in contact with Apple and likewise within the strategy of getting details about the supply of their info, that led them to reach at a conclusion and ship out alerts to opposition leaders. We try to amass the information and its supply. As soon as we get that, our companies will act on it.”