Centre's Cyber Watchdog CERT-In To Probe iPhone "Hacking" Attempt Charges
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Several Opposition leaders claimed that they received messages warning them of "state-sponsored" hackers trying to access their iPhones.
Central online safety agency CERT-In (Indian Computer Emergency Response Team) will probe the opposition's claim of iPhone "hacking" attempts, IT Ministry sources have said.
CERT-In is the national agency responsible for responding to cybersecurity threats like hacking and phishing.
Several opposition leaders, including Mahua Moitra, Priyanka Chaturvedi, Raghav Chadha, Shashi Tharoor, Pawan Khera, and Sitaram Yechury, claimed on Tuesday that they had received Apple alerts warning them of state-sponsored attackers trying to hack their iPhones. Apple, in response to the claims, said it "does not attribute the notifications to any specific state-sponsored attacker" while adding that "it is possible that some Apple threat notifications may be false alarms".
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