Cybersecurity experts believe that the state-sponsored attacker alert sent to some popular politicians should be investigated and users should be made aware of the current status of the threat
Messages from Apple to iPhones of several Opposition lawmakers and journalists warning them that they could be potential targets of an unspecified ‘state-sponsored privacy attack raised a furore in India Tuesday, prompting New Delhi to order a probe of the reported bids to hack into the seemingly breach-proof mobile devices caught in the poll-season political maelstrom.
Details, including Aadhaar number, passport number, name, age, gender and address of 4 lakh citizens, are already uploaded as sample files on the dark web by the hacker named pwn0001 who is auctioning the 90 GB data.
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