Opposition leaders have been left rattled because of the Apple alert row, the place a message was despatched on the iPhones of politicians concerning an alleged ‘state sponsored’ hacking try.
The Apple iPhone alert flashing on the phones of a number of opposition leaders within the nation sparked an enormous controversy, elevating alarm in political events that the BJP-led Centre is making an attempt to “hack” their phones and compromise their safety.
Congress chief P Chidambaram on Wednesday stated that It is simple that a whole bunch of Opposition leaders received an alert from Apple of a state-sponsored try to compromise their phones.
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 (not resolved until this date), the finger of suspicion points to a government agency. At the moment it is only a suspicion.”
Telangana Minister KT Rama Rao (KTR) who can be the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) additionally acquired the Apple alert on his mobile cellphone, and stated, “Received a message from Apple that state-sponsored attackers are targeting my phone. It’s of course not at all a surprise as we know the BJP can stoop to any lows to attack the opposition leaders.”
Hours after Union Minister for Electronics and Communications Ashwini Vaishnaw stated that the federal government will “get to the bottom” of alleged notifications despatched by Apple to some Opposition leaders about makes an attempt to compromise the iPhones related to their Apple IDs, the Congress on Tuesday hit again on the Union Minister, calling his remarks “bluff and bluster”.
Taking to Twitter (now X), Congress chief KC Venugopal stated, “Mr Ashwini Vaishnaw, your bluff and bluster is not fooling anybody. Instead of sermonising the opposition about its role, your government must come clean. In your entire address, just like in 2021, you did not deny using spyware on opposition leaders.”
(With PTI, IANS inputs)
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