Apple Inc. has responded to allegations claiming that the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) gained "backdoor" access to iPhone customers.

A series of documents recently leaked about the NSA's methods for gaining information. One of the methods was named "DROPOUTJEEP," which was stated to be a "software implant for the Apple iPhone that utilizes modular mission applications to provide specific SIGINT functionality."

The alleged NSA method on the iPhone could remotely push and pull files from the smartphone, obtain SMS, contact list, voicemail, camera capture, and command services.

According to Apple, the company was unaware of the alleged surveillance program.

"Apple has never worked with the NSA to create a backdoor in any of our products, including iPhone. Additionally, we have been unaware of this alleged NSA program targeting our products," Apple said in a prepared statement, via AllThingsD. "We care deeply about our customers' privacy and security. Our team is continuously working to make our products even more secure, and we make it easy for customers to keep their software up to date with the latest advancements. Whenever we hear about attempts to undermine Apple's industry-leading security, we thoroughly investigate and take appropriate steps to protect our customers. We will continue to use our resources to stay ahead of malicious hackers and defend our customers from security attacks, regardless of who's behind them."

Apple has repeatedly stated it is against the government's requests for data information. 

In November 2013, Apple's published the "Report on Government Information Requests," which listed requests from multiple governments spanning the world seeking information about an individual and/or their Apple device. Apple noted the report is in the "interest of transparency" for their customers worldwide.

Apple noted in the report that the U.S. government did not allow the Cupertino company the right to disclose the number of orders for customer information, except in "broad ranges." The U.S. government's gag on Apple's disclosure includes revealing the number of accounts or type of content that was affected by their orders

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