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New Delhi: The Centre on Thursday strongly rebutted a media report that claimed that India targeted Apple over its phone hacking notifications, saying this is for Apple to explain if their devices are vulnerable and what triggered these notifications.<\/p>\n
Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, said that The Washington Post\u2019s \u201cterrible storytelling is tiresome, but someone has to do it\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis story is half facts, fully embellished. Left out of the story is Apple\u2019s response on Oct 31 \u2014 day of threat notifications,\u201d he posted on X.<\/p>\n
Apple had said that it does not attribute the threat notifications to any specific state-sponsored attacker.<\/p>\n
\u201cState-sponsored attackers are very well-funded and sophisticated, and their attacks evolve over time. Detecting such attacks relies on threat intelligence signals that are often imperfect and incomplete. It\u2019s possible that some Apple threat notifications may be false alarms, or that some attacks are not detected,\u201d according to Apple.<\/p>\n
According to the minister, the IT Ministry and his response to this incident has been consistent and clear from the incident.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat it is for Apple to explain if their devices are vulnerable and what triggered these notifications. Apple was asked to join the enquiry with the CERT-In and meetings have been held and enquiry is ongoing,\u201d said Chandrasekhar.<\/p>\n
Apple sent a team of experts to delve deep into the issue of some Indian politicians receiving threats notifications last month, warning them of state-sponsored hackers targeting their devices. Apple had sent \u201cthreat notifications\u201d to individuals whose accounts are in nearly 150 countries.<\/p>\n
(IANS)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n