Apple urged to take action on Flipper Zero attack that can make iPhones non-functional

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Apple urged to take action on Flipper Zero attack that can make iPhones non-functional
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A hacking device called Flipper Zero that costs $169 can make various iPhone models, including the iPhone 8 and iPhone 14 Pro, nearly unusable.

has demonstrated a new Bluetooth-based attack that ranges in severity from a mild annoyance to an offensive one and can make an iPhone useless.

The BLE protocol uses advertising packets to help devices make their presence known and can be picked up by any device that has Bluetooth enabled without pairing. Since Apple's ecosystem consists of numerous interconnected gadgets, it relies heavily on BLE.

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