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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Hidden web code means hackers 'can wipe Samsung
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Tue Sep 25 13:28:38 2012
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Hidden web code means hackers 'can wipe Samsung Galaxy S3'
http://j.mp/QvVlCa (Telegraph UK)
"Malicious hackers can hide a code in a web page that will trigger a
full factory reset of Samsung's best-selling Galaxy S3 smartphone,
deleting contacts, photographs, music, apps and other valuable data,
security researchers have discovered."
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As bad as this exploit is, you can of course restore much of this data
automatically from Google servers even after a factory reset.
--Lauren--
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