In Russia, civil servants were banned from using iPhone (document)

Vasyl Osmakov, the first deputy chairman of the department, confirmed such an initiative. "Yes, there was an order . . . There's a formulation: for service purposes," the Russian official said. Russian State Corporations have imposed a ban on the use of iPhone for official purposes, as reported by Telegram-channel Mash, officially and through orders. Employees of state structures are strongly opposed to the prohibition on the use of Apple's American Corporation.

In the post, they placed one of the documents concerning the employees of the State Corporation "Schwabe". The organization produces high-tech opto-electronic systems for the Russian army and civilians. The Deputy Security Directory draws attention to the order of the First Deputy Minister of Industry. He urges to get rid of all American gadgets immediately. Employees respond sharply, because they spent considerable money on their purchase.

They are also forced to buy Android devices at their own expense. According to Mash, the entire campaign is a consequence of publishing information about hacking and listening to the US CIA of Russian diplomats who worked in the US, Europe, China, Syria and Israel. In June 2023, the FSB allegedly discovered and revealed a major reconnaissance operation of US special services to listen to Russian citizens, including Russian diplomats.

According to the department, Americans have infected several thousand iPhones, and remotely hacking software for listening was installed not only on the apparatus in Russia itself. Security officers have stated that Apple provides a wide range of controls to the US special services as for any person who is of interest to the White House. We will remind, in April in the Russian Federation forbade the Kremlin officials to leave the country without permission.