iPhone warning notifications to MPs: Apple team likely to meet CERT-In officials this month

Apple’s cyber security executives from the US are likely to meet officials of CERT-In this month regarding the show cause notice issued to the company. The government of India issue show cause notice to Apple last month after several opposition MPs received a warning notification on their iPhones. CERT-In, which comes under Meity, had issued the cause notice to Apple in this regard.

Some opposition leaders claimed that they have received an alert from Apple warning them of “state-sponsored attackers trying to remotely compromise” their iPhones and alleged hacking by the government. On Friday, November 24, minister of state for electronics and information technology (Meity) Rajeev Chandrasekhar said that Apple has to reply to the notice which needs to be done by their global cyber security team.