Ryan Knutson, reporting for The Wall Street Journal:
Among the changes in an iPhone software update Apple Inc. AAPL -0.19% released this week: a fix aimed at preventing cyberattacks on 911 centers in the U.S.
The vulnerability was exposed in October after an 18-year-old in Arizona allegedly designed code that would cause iPhones to repeatedly dial 911. A link to the code went viral on Twitter, as teenagers began sharing it as a prank.
The incident, which was detailed in a Wall Street Journal article, resulted in thousands of accidental 911 calls, overwhelming operators in at least a dozen states across the U.S.
April 01, 2017 at 03:55AM
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