<p>New Delhi: Rajya Sabha MP <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/raghav-chadha">Raghav Chadha</a> on Friday requested the Centre to investigate incidents of state-sponsored cyberattacks on politicians and journalists.</p>.<p>The Aam Aadmi Party leader raised the issue in the House in a supplementary question during the Question hour.</p>.<p>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.</p>.Mamata Banerjee threatens to walk out from NITI Aayog meeting over 'discriminatory budget'.<p>"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.</p>.<p>He said that not just the members of Parliament but journalists and eminent people were also victims of such attack.</p>.<p>"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. </p>
<p>New Delhi: Rajya Sabha MP <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/raghav-chadha">Raghav Chadha</a> on Friday requested the Centre to investigate incidents of state-sponsored cyberattacks on politicians and journalists.</p>.<p>The Aam Aadmi Party leader raised the issue in the House in a supplementary question during the Question hour.</p>.<p>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.</p>.Mamata Banerjee threatens to walk out from NITI Aayog meeting over 'discriminatory budget'.<p>"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.</p>.<p>He said that not just the members of Parliament but journalists and eminent people were also victims of such attack.</p>.<p>"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. </p>