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03-31-2017, 05:56 AM
Apple just fixed an iPhone flaw that overwhelmed the 911 system
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Call 911 if you want help.*
Call 911 a hundred thousand times simultaneously from iPhones around the country if you want to jam up the 911 system.*
Until recently, a design in the iPhone operating system allowed for just that kind of attack. But ** more, thanks to an update in the latest iOS, version 10.3.*
The Wall Street Journal reports (https://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-fixes-911-flaw-in-latest-ios-update-1490907451) that malicious code allegedly created by a nefarious Arizona teen and shared widely on Twitter forced iPhones to dial 911 over and over again — essentially DDoS (http://mashable.com/2016/10/21/ddos-attack-dyn-cyberattack/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)ing emergency call centers around the country.*
SEE ALSO: How Social Media Could Improve Public Safety (http://mashable.com/2012/02/06/social-media-public-safety-2/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/03/30/iphone-flaw-ios-911/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about 911 (http://mashable.com/category/911/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Apple (http://mashable.com/category/apple/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Iphone (http://mashable.com/category/iphone/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Ios 10.3 (http://mashable.com/category/ios-10.3?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Tech (http://mashable.com/tech/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/iyMb_GyLeEw
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Call 911 if you want help.*
Call 911 a hundred thousand times simultaneously from iPhones around the country if you want to jam up the 911 system.*
Until recently, a design in the iPhone operating system allowed for just that kind of attack. But ** more, thanks to an update in the latest iOS, version 10.3.*
The Wall Street Journal reports (https://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-fixes-911-flaw-in-latest-ios-update-1490907451) that malicious code allegedly created by a nefarious Arizona teen and shared widely on Twitter forced iPhones to dial 911 over and over again — essentially DDoS (http://mashable.com/2016/10/21/ddos-attack-dyn-cyberattack/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)ing emergency call centers around the country.*
SEE ALSO: How Social Media Could Improve Public Safety (http://mashable.com/2012/02/06/social-media-public-safety-2/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/03/30/iphone-flaw-ios-911/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about 911 (http://mashable.com/category/911/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Apple (http://mashable.com/category/apple/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Iphone (http://mashable.com/category/iphone/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Ios 10.3 (http://mashable.com/category/ios-10.3?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Tech (http://mashable.com/tech/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/iyMb_GyLeEw