Owners of Russian iPhone smartphones should check their Apple devices for viruses, as the devices can be infected due to security vulnerabilities in the software of the American company. It was stated DEA News Member of the Constitutional Committee of the Federation Council Artem Sheikin.
“I invite everyone to check their iPhones for viruses, our domestic companies have developed special programs that allow you to quickly find out if the information on your devices has fallen into the hands of fraudsters,” he said.
According to a member of the Federation Council, he sent a call to Kaspersky Lab’s chief expert, Sergey Golovanov, with a request for an official comment on the scale of malware infection in relation to Russian smartphones.
In response, Golovanov stated that Kaspersky Lab employees are known to have “several dozen” iOS devices attacked by the virus. According to him, there is reason to believe that the latest attack “did not only target Kaspersky Lab.”
The information security company stated that there is no protection against the attack. “The transition from iOS to third-party devices can be considered a safeguard,” Golovanov said.
On the afternoon of June 1, the FSB of Russia statedSeveral thousand iPhones of Russian and foreign users are infected with malware. In this regard, the Russian intelligence service believes that Apple is collaborating with American intelligence.
Soon, information about the virus on Russians’ “iPhones” was confirmed in the “Kaspersky Lab”. According to the information security company, the infection occurs via the iMessage service using an invisible attachment inside a message. The American company denies any allegations of ties to US intelligence.