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Apple Fixes Security Flaw After Uae Dissident's Iphone Targeted


Ron Burgundy
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A salesman checks a customer's iPhone at a mobile phone store in New DelhiApple Inc issued a patch on Thursday to fix a dangerous security flaw in iPhones and iPads after researchers discovered that a prominent United Arab Emirates dissident's phone had been targeted with a previously unknown method of hacking. The thwarted attack on the human rights activist, Ahmed Mansoor, used a text message that invited him to click on a web link. Instead of clicking, he forwarded the message to researchers at the University of Toronto's Citizen Lab.




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