Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Tuesday said that the central government was concerned about the ‘state-sponsored attack’ message received by some Opposition members on their Apple device and that it will go to the bottom of it.
“The government is concerned about this issue and it will go to the bottom of it.” Vaishnaw, however, said that Apple has issued this advisory in 150 countries.
“We are concerned by the statements we have seen in media from some MPs as well as others about a notification received by them from Apple. The notification received by them as per media reports mentions about ‘state-sponsored attacks’ on their devices,” the minister said.
However, he said, much of the information by Apple on this issue seemed vague and non-specific in nature. “Apple states these notifications maybe based on information which is ‘incomplete or imperfect’. It also states that some Apple threat notifications maybe false alarms or some attacks are not detected.”
The minister said Apple has also claimed that Apple IDs are securely encrypted on devices, making it extremely difficult to access or identify them without the user’s explicit permission. “This encryption safeguards the user’s Apple ID and ensures that it remains private and protected.”
“The Government of Bharat takes its role of protecting the privacy and security of all citizens very seriously and will investigate to get to the bottom of these notifications,” Vaishnaw said in a series of tweets.