India News | AAP's Raghav Chadha Seeks Investigation into Cyberattacks Against Politicians, Scribes

New Delhi, Jul 26 (PTI) Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha on Friday requested the Centre to investigate incidents of state-sponsored cyberattacks on politicians and journalists.

The Aam Aadmi Party leader raised the issue in the House in a supplementary question during the Question hour.

Also Read | Bengaluru: BBMP Enforces New Pet Guideline; Societies Can’t Ban Pets, Using Sticks to Chase Dogs Now Illegal.

Several opposition leaders had last year claimed they received an alert from Apple warning them of "state-sponsored attackers trying to remotely compromise" their iPhones and alleged hacking by the government.

"I, along with several members of this House, particularly who sit on opposition benches, were victims of something called the state-sponsored spyware attack whereby our mobile phones informed us that a state-sponsored cyberattack took place which was attempting to infiltrate our mobile phone devices," Chadha said.

Also Read | Kanwar Yatra Nameplate Row: Supreme Court Extends Interim Stay on Nameplate Directive Till August 5.

He said that not just the members of Parliament but journalists and eminent people were also victims of such attack.

"Therefore, I ask you whether the government has taken cognisance of such attacks. Is there a list of people who were attacked by such spyware. What action has been taken?" Chadha asked.

(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)