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Security breach, Apple releases iPhone update | |
| Security breach, Apple releases iPhone update Feb 15, 2023 | |
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| Apple has released a new version of the iPhone and iPad operating systems, number 16.3.1, to fix a vulnerability that hackers were already starting to use. | |
| A so-called 'zero day' vulnerability, never intercepted before, which was discovered by a researcher of the Citizen Lab, a research group on digital rights of the Munk School of the University of Toronto. | |
| The vulnerability affects WebKit, a software used for the Safari search engine, targeted by hackers, which can open access to the rest of the device's data. | |
| Apple credited the discovery to an anonymous researcher and thanked Citizen Lab "for their assistance". | |
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