iPhone Hacking Alert Live — Government Has No Role In This, Union Minister Piyush Goyal Says
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Hello and welcome to ABP Live Apple iPhone Hacking Alert Live blog, please follow this space for all the latest information and updates. On Tuesday, several MPs from the Opposition parties flagged that they received an alert from Apple stating that "state-sponsored attackers may be targeting" their iPhones. Several MPs from Opposition parties like Shiv Sena (UBT), Congress, Aam Aadmi Party, Trinamool Congress took to X to share the alert that they received.
The alert that "state-sponsored attackers may be targeting your iPhone" was received by most of the Parliamentarians, on their iPhones handsets from manufacturer Apple, who took to X to raise the issue.
Trinamool Congress MP, Mahua Moitra shared the screenshot of the alert saying, "Received text & email from Apple warning me Govt trying to hack into my phone & email" as she lambasted the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Union Home Minister Amit Shah over the alleged snooping.
Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi said she also received the alert and slammed the Centre for "large-scale surveillance".
"The way I received a warning last night, shows that this is a sponsored program of the Central Government and that I need to take precautions."
"The warning clearly says that these attacks are 'state-sponsored'...Why are the leaders of the Opposition only getting such messages? This shows that large-scale surveillance is underway. There should be an investigation on this, and the Centre needs to give a clarification on the same," she added.
Congress leaders Pawan Khera and Shashi Tharoor, All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi, Aam Aadmi Party leader Raghav Chadha, Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Sitaram Yechury also shared that they received similar alerts. Moitra said Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav and some people from the office of Rahul Gandhi were also on the list of such people.
iPhone Hacking Alert Live — Govt has history of 'Peeping Tom' behaviour, claims TMC MP Mahua Moitra
"They have a history of what I call 'Peeping Tom' behaviour. In 2021, there was Pegasus spyware they brought from Israel and it went to court and nothing came out of it. This is the second time. Obviously, 2024 (elections) is coming up and they want to distract from the main issues," says TMC MP Mahua Moitra.
"If something happens to us - MPs, the Speaker should take suo motu action and call a Privilege Committee meeting immediately. But what are we seeing? We are talking about some Parliamentary question login. This is utter rubbish. I am going to go in there and demolish it. They want to keep me out of Parliament and suspend me, but they can't even touch a hair on my head," she added, as per PTI.
iPhone Hacking Alert Live — Why is Govt so scared that it's punishing Oppn in mass surveillance, Priyanka Chaturvedi claims
On Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's 'Adani Sarkar' remark, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi says, "The way a government of dictatorship is running, when we were growing up we heard about how tough the emergency was. PM Modi, JP Nadda, and HM Amit Shah keep speaking about it in public address every two days. They keep reminding us of the emergency, but we are living in the emergency. The task of shutting down the opposition is an active campaign of the BJP. We will give independence to all the agencies that have been undermined, we will give them the confidence that they can investigate in a free and fair manner... There would be action against those who have taken advantage of their close proximity with the PM... Why is the Central government so scared that it is punishing opposition leaders in mass surveillance."
iPhone Hacking Alert Live — Those scared of losing in elections sending such messages, TMC leader Kunal Ghosh says
TMC leader Kunal Ghosh says, "These people have realised that they will not be elected again in the Lok Sabha...Those who are scared of losing in the elections are sending such messages to the opposition leaders..." (ANI)
iPhone Hacking Alert Live — BJP blaming international state agencies, it is ridiculous: Priyanka Chaturvedi
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Priyanka Chaturvedi says, "First of all they are talking about an investigation, which means they have clearly said that there has been a breach. And they have not denied that the Apple notification received by the opposition leaders is wrong in any manner. And I want to know who have they spoken to. They are talking on the basis of a statement dated August 22. I want to see a fresh statement... An investigation will tell who is behind this. They (BJP) are blaming international state agencies, it is ridiculous that they want to target opposition leaders in India. Besides being opposition leaders, we are also Indian citizens and our fundamental right to privacy is being denied..." (ANI)
iPhone Hacking Alert Live — Government has no role in this, Union Minister Piyush Goyal says
"I think Opposition is going through a very weak phase these days, so they see conspiracy in everything. The reality is that Apple has itself cleared that this was some sort of malfunction and this message has reached people in 150 countries...It seems that this was an error from Apple's end, hackers too are active across the world. This will be investigated. Apple too has been told to join in...I think perhaps someone did a prank on the Opposition leaders. They should lodge an official complaint and the Government will take appropriate action on that basis..."
"They (Opposition) can claim anything they want but the country knows their situation, they are so tangled into their infightings. They should look at their weaknesses first instead of commenting on us. It is clear that the government has no role in this and the government doesn't need to do anything like this," he added. (ANI)
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