CERT-In initiates probe into the Apple threat notification issue

The national nodal agency for handling computer security instances, the Computer Emergency Response Team, has begun looking into the Apple threat notification issue brought up by opposition members of parliaments and some other persons. The notification received by them as per media reports mentions about ‘state- The minister asserted that the details offered by Apple “seems vague and non-specific in nature.” He pointed out, “Apple states these notifications may be based on information which is ‘incomplete or imperfect’.” He noted that it further added that “some Apple threat notifications may be false alarms or some attacks are not detected.” information by Apple on this issue seems vague and non-specific in nature. — Ashwini Vaishnaw October 31, 2023 Ashwini Vaishnaw proclaimed that the government requested that Apple participate in the investigation by providing genuine and accurate details on the purported state- In light of such information and widespread speculation, we have also asked Apple to join the investigation with real, accurate information on the alleged state The entire issue began after several opposition leaders claimed that they received an alert from Apple warning them of ‘state- The ‘threat alerts’ have sparked a political firestorm and the Congress sought that the Lok Sabha’s Standing Committee on Information and Technology look into the scandal. Karthi Chidambaram, a Congress leader and the son of former home minister P Chidambaram, announced that he had written to the panel’s chairperson, Prataprao Jadhav and requested summons to Apple on its alerts to politicians cautioning them against “state- On the other hand, Bharatiya Janata Party Godda MP Nishikant Dubey argued that the panel was operating in compliance with Lok Sabha rules and regulations rather than under the direction of Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi or Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor. Aam Aadmi Party Rajya Sabha MP from Punjab Raghav Chadha, Shashi Tharoor, Congress Working Committee member Pawan Khera, Shiv Sena leader and Rajya Sabha MP from Maharashtra Priyanka Chaturvedi and Trinamool Congress Krishnanagar MP Mahua Moitra were among the nearly two dozen opposition politicians who accused that they had gotten an alert on their Apple iPhones warning them against “state- While the opposition tried to claim that the Modi government was behind the alleged “state- Apple released a statement regarding the situation in which it declared that it does not link the threat notifications to any particular state- It further added, “It’s possible that some Apple threat notifications may be false alarms, or that some attacks are not detected.