Russia bans the use of iPhones in another ministry. The Kremlin believes that Apple is cooperating with intelligence

Another Russian ministry has banned the use of smartphones by the American company Apple. In June, the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) said that the company was to “cooperate with American intelligence.”

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From July 17, people working in the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade, as well as in institutions subordinate to it, will be banned from using the company’s mobile devices. This applies to business communication, the portal reported. It turns out that the ban will also apply to other Russian ministries in the near future.

– When making the decision, the ministry was guided by the data, recommendations of the regulator and the objectives of ensuring the protection of information – said one of the ministry’s employees, quoted by the portal forbes.ru. Employees can still use devices for personal communications. After the changes made, Russian officials are to receive new devices with Aurora and Android operating systems.

Russia claims iPhones are used for intelligence operations

In March this year Russian wrote that . At that time, it was pointed out that they are vulnerable to hacking and espionage. On June 1, however, The FSB issued a statement on this matter. It was claimed at the time that “The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation, together with the Federal Security Service, detected an intelligence operation of the American intelligence services carried out using Apple (USA) mobile devices.”

According to the FSB, the information obtained “provides the close cooperation of the American company Apple with the national intelligence community, in particular the American NSA, and confirms that the declared policy of ensuring the privacy of personal data of users of Apple devices is not true” – the agency reported.