HACKER CLAIMS APPLE PRODUCTS CAN BE SHUT DOWN
Date: November 04, 2008Source: Computer Crime Research Center
There are new details about a virus that could potentially disable Apple gadgets. A hacker who failed to get a job a Apple has generated a lot of Internet buzz by released details about a vulnerability that he discovered that could shut down millions of iPhones, iPods and Apple computers.
38-year-old Piergiorgio Zambrini says he could embed a virus in an Internet video that would crash an iPHone and force the phone to reboot itself. Security experts say hackers could conveivably use the virus to remotely kill Apple products.
Zambrini is sending the technical details of the virus to Apple, so the company can study it and develop a patch.
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