Apple Hacking Row: Government to Investigate Amid Accusations of Targeted Attacks on Opposition Leaders' iPhones
The Indian government has announced that it will investigate the recent threat notifications received by several opposition politicians and journalists on their iPhones, warning of state-sponsored attackers attempting to compromise their devices. Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has called on Apple to provide more accurate information about the alleged attacks and join the investigation. Apple has stated that the notifications are designed to inform and assist users who may have been targeted by state-sponsored attackers, but also acknowledged that some notifications may be false alarms or that some attacks may go undetected. The timing of these notifications has raised concerns, given the upcoming elections in India and previous reports of spyware deployments.