BERLIN (The Thursday Times) — Apple ke 99 mulkon ke users ko khatre ke alerts bhejna shuru karne ke chand din baad, Germany ne siyasatdanon aur numayan shakhsiyat ko khabardar kiya hai ke un ke iPhones ko hukumat ki sarparasti wale spyware ka nishana banaya gaya ho sakta hai.
Wafaqi cybersecurity idare BSI ne weekend par kaha ke Bundestag ke arkan aur doosri numayan shakhsiyat ko Apple se yeh warnings mili hain. Jise bhi aisi warning mile, "use lihaza yeh maan lena chahiye ke us ka device compromise ho gaya ho sakta hai", idare ne kaha.
Hukumat ke tarjuman Stefan Kornelius ne kaha ke Berlin "is waqiye aur warning ko bohat sanjeedgi se le raha hai". Unhon ne yeh nahin bataya ke wafaqi hukumat mein kaun mutassir hua tha, aur na yeh ke Chancellor Friedrich Merz un mein shamil thay ya nahin.
Yeh wazeh nahin ke in hamlon ke pichhe kaun hai. Apple apne alerts mein hukumaton ke naam nahin leta, aur na yeh batata hai ke kisi phone ko waqai hack kiya gaya hai ya nahin. 99 mulkon ka yeh figure Beirut mein muqeem filmmaker Radwan Mortada ko mausool hone wale notice ke matn se liya gaya hai, jinhon ne X par kaha ke Apple ne "aap ke device ke khilaf aik aur hamle" ka pata lagaya tha.
Is tarah ka spyware messages aur location data chura sakta hai, aksar nam nihad zero-click hamlon ke zariye, jin mein mutassir shakhs ko na kisi cheez par click karna parta hai aur na kuch download karna. Hukumatein ise khud kam hi banati hain aur aam taur par niji companies se kharidti hain, jin mein sab se maroof Israel ki NSO Group hai, jo Pegasus banane wali hai. Khabron ke mutabiq Germany ki apni wafaqi police agency ne 2019 mein Pegasus tak rasai kharidi thi.
Janoobi Asia pehle bhi yeh alert dekh chuka hai. 2023 mein Bharti opposition ke siyasatdanon ne kaha tha ke Apple ne unhein un ke iPhones par riyasti sarparasti wale hamlon se khabardar kiya tha.
