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Apple Fixes Security Flaw After iOS Spyware Discovery
Update your iOS, ASAP

08/25/2016 04:18 pm ET
By Joseph Menn

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/apple-security-iphone_us_57bf51cde4b085c1ff2881fa?section=&

“Apple Inc issued a patch on Thursday to fix a dangerous security hole in iPhones and iPads after researchers discovered that a prominent United Arab Emirates dissident’s phone had been targeted with a previously unknown method of hacking.​

This is unusual for Apple, so might be best to heed the warning.
 
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