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India refutes report on demanding Apple’s help to soften political impact; IT minister calls The Washington Post’s story ‘half facts’; Apple’s response on Oct 31 shared by minister; report claims executives from Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino were summoned by India to be questioned about device security; instead, government asked for modification of public statements; minister targets news outlet; Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology’s response is for Apple to explain device vulnerability and trigger of notifications; Apple asked to join enquiry with CERT-In; some opposition leaders and journalists received state-sponsored attack notifications on iPhones.
