The News Freedom
Chandigarh, October 31
The Centre has ordered a probe into the warning received by Opposition lawmakers from Apple of a potential bid to hack their iPhones, Union Minister for Electronics and IT, Ashwini Vaishnaw, said on Tuesday. “The government is concerned about this issue and it will get to the bottom of it. We have already ordered an investigation into it. Much of information by Apple on this issue seems vague and non-specific in nature”, Vaishnaw said, the Mint reported.
“Apple states these notifications may be based on information which is ‘incomplete or imperfect’. It also states that some Apple threat notifications may be false alarms or some attacks are not detected,” the Minister pointed out, citing a statement issued by the company after the controversy came to light.” The Mint report further said.
“The Government of Bharat takes its role of protecting the privacy and security of all citizens very seriously and will investigate to get to the bottom of these notifications. In light of such information and widespread speculation, we have also asked Apple to join the investigation with real, accurate information on the alleged State-sponsored attacks,” Vaishnaw said, The Hindu Business Line reported. He also said that the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team has been entrusted with the investigations.
The Hindu Business Line reports that this came after several political leaders, including Congress’ Shashi Tharoor, Aam Aadmi Party’s Raghav Chadha, Shiv Sena’s Priyanka Chaturvedi, and Trinamool Congress’ Mahua Moitra, claimed that they received an alert from Apple that stated that the State-sponsored attacker may be able to remotely access sensitive data, communications, or even the camera and microphone of their iPhones.