Phone ‘hacking’ row: BJP cites ‘link’ between Soros & Apple alerts

The BJP on Wednesday hit out at opposition leaders who brought allegations against the Centre of “hacking” their phone, sparking a snoopgate row once more. His remark followed senior Congress leader P Chidambaram’s post slamming the Centre over “state-sponsored attempt to compromise” phones of opposition leaders. The latter’s post read: “It is undeniable that hundreds of Oppn leaders got an alert from Apple of a state-sponsored attempt to compromise their phones. Why only Opposition leaders?…”