Government refutes report of demanding Apple to ‘soften’ iPhone hacking alerts
By MYBRANDBOOK
The government has refuted a report which claimed that India demanded Apple to help soften the political impact of the threat warnings that some journalists and opposition leaders in India claimed to have received on their iPhones in October.
The report added that instead of focusing on device security, the government asked the company to modify or soften its public statements.
IT minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said that the “story is half facts”.
“Rebutting The Washington Post’s terrible storytelling is tiresome, but someone has to do it,” the minister said in a post on X.
“This story is half facts, fully embellished. Left out of the story is Apple’s response on Oct 31- day of threat notifications,” he added, sharing Apple’ response which it issued soon after the incident.
The report further said that executives from Apple's headquarters in Cupertino were summoned by India to be questioned about the security of the company's devices.
Union IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said at the time that the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) had launched an investigation, and the government had sent a notice to Apple for a meeting with Indian officials.
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