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telecoms, compromising networks to steal call records and access private communications, mainly of government and political figures. The US agencies confirmed that Chinese threat actors had compromised the private communications of a “limited number” of government officials following the compromise of multiple U.S.
were added to the lab on October 3, and officials hypothesize that these devices may have communicated with other iPhones in AFU mode, triggering a reboot if they were inactive or off-network. That communication sent a signal to devices to reboot after so much time had transpired since device activity or being off network.
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were added to the lab on October 3, and officials hypothesize that these devices may have communicated with other iPhones in AFU mode, triggering a reboot if they were inactive or off-network. Three iPhones running iOS 18.0 This could impact both evidence and personal devices running iOS 18.
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Impressing the importance of verifying potentially suspicious contacts by individuals claiming to be with your company through established and approved internal communications channels is an important lesson to take away from this attempt.” ” reported LastPass. concludes the report.
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