Russia Bans Apple Devices 

 Russian authorities have taken a significant step towards reducing their dependence on foreign-made technology by banning the use of Apple devices for official state purposes.the country’s trade ministry implemented the prohibition on iPhones and all other Apple products for “work purposes” This decision applies to government employees across various agencies, including Russia’s telecommunications and mass media ministry, with some agencies already enforcing the mandate while others plan to follow suit shortly. However, officials are still allowed to use Apple devices for personal use, as long as they avoid accessing work-related communication on them

 

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) in early June. The FSB claimed to have discovered a large-scale “spying operation by US intelligence agencies” involving Apple devices. According to the FSB, numerous iPhones, including those used by Russian diplomatic missions in NATO countries, were allegedly infected with monitoring software. Furthermore, the FSB accused Apple of collaborating closely with US signal intelligence to provide agents with an extensive range of control tools. Apple swiftly denied these allegations, emphasizing its commitment to user privacy and asserting that it has never cooperated with any government to create backdoors in its products.

 

 WikiLeaks revealed years ago that the CIA had the ability to hack into Apple computers. WikiLeaks revealed that the CIA was able to control the operation of Apple computers using a bug and take information.

Wikileaks claimed that the bug that affects computers like this will not go away even if the system is reinstalled. The WikiLeaks revelations pointed to information about how the CIA used Apple's iPads and computers to exfiltrate personal information.