Kremlin tells officials to stop using iPhones: Report

Russia's presidential administration has told officials to stop using Apple iPhones because of concerns the devices are vulnerable to Western intelligence agencies, the Kommersant newspaper reported on Monday. At a Kremlin-organised seminar for officials involved in domestic politics, Sergei Kiriyenko, first deputy head of the presidential administration, told officials to change their phones by April 1, Kommersant said, citing unidentified sources. Also Read | Putin visits Mariupol in first trip to occupied Ukraine territoryThe Kremlin may provide other devices with different operating systems to replace the iPhones, Kommersant said. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said he could not confirm the report, but that smartphones could not be used for official purposes anyway. President Vladimir Putin has always said he has no smartphone, though Peskov has said Putin does use the Internet from time to time.