Govt indulging in distraction politics on Adani issue: Rahul on Apple alert

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday claimed that people in his office several party and other opposition leaders have been sent a warning by Apple of statesponsored attackers targeting their phone and alleged that as soon as the Adani issue is touched probe agencies and snooping are deployed reported news agency PTIHe also alleged that the government was indulging in distraction politics on the Adani issue reported PTIDuring a press conference Rahul Gandhi showed a copy of the warning email received by several opposition leaders from Apple phone manufacturer about statesponsored attackers trying to compromise their phone reported PTIHe said party leaders such as K C Venugopal Pawan Khera Supriya Shrinate and several other opposition leaders have got the Apple warning reported PTIWe are not scared You can do as much phone tapping as you want I dont care If you want to take my phone I will give it to you he saidThe hierarchy in the country is No 1 Adani no 2 Prime Minister Narendra Modi and no 3 Amit Shah he allegedNarrating an old tale to assert his point Rahul Gandhi said there used to be a king in India against whom people stood up and opposition was attacking him but he was like teflon and nothing used to affect him reported PTIAfter a few years opposition people went to a rishi and said we keep attacking the king people are against him but nothing happens Rishi said the kings soul is not with him there is a parrot in a small cottage and his soul is in that parrot Rahul Gandhi saidNarendra Modis soul is with Adani Truth is power is in the hands of someone else As soon as Adani is touched intelligence agencies snooping are deployed he saidAdani cannot escape we have surrounded him Distraction politics is taking place he saidSome opposition leaders on Tuesday claimed to have received messages from Apple warning them of statesponsored attackers trying to remotely compromise their iPhones and posted the purported screenshots on their X handlesShiv Sena UBT MP Priyanka Chaturvedi Trinamool Congress Mahua Moitra Aam Aadmi Partys Raghav Chadha Congress Shashi Tharoor and his partys media and publicity department head Pawan Khera shared the message from Apple on X CPIMgeneral secretary Sitaram Yechury also received a similar messagePTI reached out to Apple for comments on the matter but there was no immediate response reported PTIReceived text and email from Apple warning me that the government trying to hack into my phone and email HMOIndia get a life Adani and PMO bullies your fear makes me pity you Moitra said sharing the screenshotsThe message shared by the MPs stated ALERT Statesponsored attackers may be targeting your iPhoneApple believes you are being targeted by statesponsored attackers who are trying to remotely compromise the iPhone associated with your Apple ID These attackers are likely targeting you individually because of who you are or what you do If your device is compromised by a statesponsored attacker they may be able to remotely access your sensitive data communications or even the camera and microphone While its possible this is a false alarm please take this warning seriously it statedResponding to the opposition leaders BJPs Amit Malviya said in a post on X Usual suspects raising a storm over state sponsored attack and pretending to be martyrs is all good But this hullabaloo in all probability like in the past will end up as damp squib Why not wait for Apple to clarify Or is it too much to let go an opportunity to outrageWith inputs from PTI