NEW DELHI: The Pegasus controversy has slowly faded out from public memory and it took another such instance on Tuesday for the opposition to reignite the phone tapping controversy back into the limelight. Opposition leaders have released a screenshot of Apple's message that said government-sponsored hackers are trying to hack the phones of opposition leaders.

The cryptic message reached the iPhones of several opposition elites including three employees working with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's office, Congress leaders K.C. Venugopal, Shashi Tharoor, Pawan Khera, CPM General Secretary Sitaram Yechury, Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav, Shiv Sena (Uddhav) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi, Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, Aam Aadmi Party MP Raghav Chadha, AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi and others including Siddhartha Varadarajan, editor of online media ‘The Wire’.

Meanwhile, Apple clarified that the warning does not imply that hackers from any particular government are behind it and denied the charges of the Indian government doing the spy act. But Union IT Department Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced an investigation into the case.

Meanwhile, the opposition accused the phone tapping as an invasion of privacy guaranteed by the Constitution. Priyanka Chaturvedi MP has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah demanding an investigation.

1. How the message came

Government-sponsored hackers are trying to hack your Apple phone. If hacked, all the messages and information on the phone can be leaked. They will control all functions of the phone, including the camera and microphone. Sometimes the warning may not be correct. But take it seriously.

2. Intelligence signal

Apple explained that hacking attempts are detected from incomplete and ambiguous intelligence signals. Some warnings may be false. Some attacks are undetectable.

3. The hint will not be revealed

Apple said it could not disclose the circumstances under which the warning was issued. Because they are always changing their attack methods. Does not support any government-assisted hacking. Such hacking is very costly and complicated.

4. The Pegasus Controversy

The expert committee supervised by the Supreme Court is already investigating the allegations that the phones of opposition leaders, lawyers and media workers, including Rahul Gandhi, were hacked using Israel's spy software Pegasus.

Meanwhile, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said the government is favouring Adani with the phone tapping and he said the opposition won't succumb to the fear tactics employed by the ruling dispensation.