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January 2019 — Google Project Zero finds in-the-wild iOS exploit chain

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Data compromised

Passwords, contacts, messages, location

Technical writeup

Google researchers found exploit: visiting wrong site could install monitoring spyware (passwords, contacts, messages). Apple patched in 10 days; targeted 'fewer than a dozen' sites (Uighur-related).

Root cause

Exploit in iOS; targeted sites.

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