US is concerned that spread of cyber-espionage tools can undermine decisive edge its intel services currently enjoy, an expert says. Threat extends from personal data to govt secrets.
No court has held the Israeli tech firm liable for hacking till date. A number of other cases filed against it have been dismissed or dropped by plaintiffs on grounds of personal jurisdiction.
Congress's Venugopal, who is a close aide of LoP Rahul Gandhi, made the allegation based on an alert from Apple. He previously received such an alert on 30 October, 2023.
Iltija Mufti & Pushparaj Deshpande received 'mercenary spyware attack' alerts on their iPhones. Apple has not described these as state-sponsored surveillance.
Alerts sent out by tech major to some Opposition leaders in India about possible 'state-sponsored' attack has put spotlight on 'Lockdown Mode', released in 2022 as a part of new iOS 16 launch.
Last week, while inspecting the Apple device of an employee from a US-based civil society group, Citizen Lab said it found that the flaw had been used to infect the device with NSO's Pegasus spyware.
The Citizen Lab reported that the attacks targeted human rights activists who were researching the 2015 mass kidnapping of 43 student demonstrators in Mexico.
In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.
IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.
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