Apple Says Report of Jobs Heart Attack ‘Not True’

Rumors of Apple CEO Steve Jobs having a heart attack are incorrect, the company says. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

NEW YORK—An Internet report claiming that Apple Inc chief executive Steve Jobs has had a heart attack is not true, the company said Friday.

Responding to a report in iReport, a citizen journalist web site owned and operated by Time Warner Inc's CNN, Apple spokesman Steve Dowling told Reuters by email: "It is not true."

The report claimed Jobs was rushed to the emergency room after suffering "a major heart attack."