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In Touch With Apple Over Threat Notifications Sent To MPs: MoS IT

Inc42 · 11m ago

In Touch With Apple Over Threat Notifications Sent To MPs: MoS IT

The Indian government is seeking information from Apple regarding alerts received by opposition leaders on their iPhones. The Minister of State, Jitin Prasada, stated that CERT-In is working on obtaining the information and that relevant agencies will take action based on the provided information. This comes after several opposition leaders claimed to have received these alerts, causing a political controversy.

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