Government gave instructions to Apple, said- be a little careful in political matters
Two months later, a report is claiming that the government has instructed Apple to be careful in political matters and think about the political consequences before sending such notifications.
Bhavika Nandwana
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On the morning of 31 October 2023, many opposition leaders including Priyanka Chaturvedi, Shashi Tharoor, Mahua Moitra, Raghav Chadha received an alert from Apple stating that their iPhone could be hacked. In this alert, there was a warning of state sponsored hacking, after which many leaders attacked the Modi government and said that the government is spying on them.
After the uproar, the government sought an answer from Apple and now after two months, a report is claiming that the government has instructed Apple to be a little careful in political matters and before sending such notifications, its political Think about the consequences also.
The Washington Post, quoting sources, has said that the government has also put pressure on Apple for this. According to the report, the government has asked Apple to behave softly in political matters. The report also claims that three Apple security experts were also called to Delhi.
This issue was discussed with government officials in Delhi. The report says that the government is pressurizing Apple to take full responsibility for the alert. The government should be kept away from this, whereas the surprising thing is that it was clearly stated in the alert that this is a state sponsored hacking alert.
What did Apple say on hacking alert?
Apple had said in its official statement, "State-sponsored attackers are very well-funded and trained, and their attack methods keep changing over time. Such cyber attacks are very difficult to detect. Many times these alerts are false." It is also possible that some of the alerts sent by Apple may be false. We are unable to provide information about the reason why we have to issue threat alerts, as this may give hackers an opportunity to Help may be available. Apple has sent this alert to those whose accounts are active in about 150 countries.
Who gets this type of alert?
According to Apple's support page, this alert is designed in such a way that if a state-sponsored cyber attack is attempted on a user's iPhone, the user will get an alert. Traditional cybercriminals and state-sponsored hackers have different methods. State-sponsored hackers rarely target a small number of users in a specific way. This notification is received when persistent suspicious activity is observed with the user's account. This alert can also be seen by logging in with Apple ID on appleid.apple.com.
