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THIS TINY DEVICE (FLIPPER ZERO) IS SENDING UPDATED IPHONES INTO A NEVER-ENDING DOS LOOP

arstechnica.com4 min read

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A security researcher experienced a series of pop-up windows that made it nearly impossible to use his iPhone while traveling by train in the Netherlands. The culprit, it turned out, was using a Flipper Zero device to send Bluetooth pairing requests to all iPhones within radio range. This slim, lightweight device has been available since 2020, but in recent months, it has become much more visible.