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iPhones can be hacked with just a text

Bottom Line IT
September 27, 2016 1:00 PM

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Erik Jacobsen and Amy Mumby talk about how more than 86% of the World’s iPhones can still be hacked with just a text.

More than 86% of Apple iPhones in the world are apparently still vulnerable to a security flaw that allows a hacker to completely take over the device with just a text message, according to data from mobile and web analytics firm MixPanel. A surprising number of people have not yet updated the iPhone's mobile operating system, despite an urgent warning to do so coming from Apple last week, in light of a major security problem the company was forced to correct in iOS 9.3.5. People who install Apple's new iOS 9.3.5 version will no longer be vulnerable to this issue, and the company is urging all its users to immediately update. Full article HERE

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