iPhone Security Warning: Apple to Meet CERT-In Officials
Nov 24, 2023 22:31
Apple's cyber security team is expected to meet CERT-In officials in India this month regarding warning notifications received by opposition MPs on their iPhones. The meeting follows a show cause notice issued to Apple after allegations of government hacking.
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New Delhi, Nov 24 (PTI) Apple's cyber security executives from the US are expected to meet officials of CERT-In this month regarding the show cause notice issued to the company in the wake of several opposition MPs receiving a warning notification on their iPhones.
Last month, several opposition leaders claimed they have received an alert from Apple warning them of "state-sponsored attackers trying to remotely compromise" their iPhones and alleged hacking by the government.
CERT-In, which comes under Meity, had issued a show cause notice to Apple in this regard.
On Friday, Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology (Meity) Rajeev Chandrasekhar said that Apple has to reply to the notice which needs to be done by their global cyber security team.
"They have to come here and answer those questions. Basic issue is ongoing," the minister told reporters.
He said that Indian Computer Emergency Response Team or CERT-In has met local representative of Apple but the issue is beyond their capability to respond.
"It is their cyber security people who have to come and meet CERT-In and they will come all the way from US," the minister said.
When asked about the deadline given to Apple to submit its response, the minister said he is not certain about the dates but expect the team to meet Cert-In officials sometime this month.
A Meity official said that Apple cyber security team will come this month only if they get visa on time.
Meanwhile, the Members of Parliament (MPs) who received the warning notification on their iPhones include Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, party leaders Shashi Tharoor, Pawan Khera, K C Venugopal, Supriya Shrinate, T S Singhdeo and Bhupinder S Hooda; Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury and SP chief Akhilesh Yadav.
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi, Aam Aadmi Party's Raghav Chadha, AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi and some aides of Congress MP Rahul Gandhi also received the notification.
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