Several leaders from the opposition parties, including Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi and Aam Aadmi Party MP Raghav Chadha, have claimed that they received a threat notification on their iPhones from Apple. They accused the ruling BJP of being behind the state-sponsored spy attack and trying to snoop on their phones.

Taking to X (formerly Twitter), AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said, “Received an Apple Threat Notification last night that attackers may be targeting my phone”.

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor also confirmed received a similar text from Apple. “I got it from an Apple ID, threat-notificationsapple.com, which I verified. It’s genuine. Happy to keep idle officials busy at my expense as a taxpayer! Nothing better to do?,” Shashi Tharoor said on X.