Friday 3 February 2017, Poradnik bezpieczeństwa

IPhone owners unknowingly called the police by clicking one link

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IPhone owners unknowingly called the police by clicking one link.


Pay attention to what you click. 


Unaware iPhone users rang the police not just more than once but as many as 19 times! 

How did it happen? 


Everything happened due to the fake link made available on Twitter, by the American teenager. 

The error in iOS which made use of JavaScript forced the system to connect to number 911 along with redialling. After 19 attempts to call the police from the given number, the police called back to ask why somebody called the dispatcher. The angry iPhone users stormed all over Twitter and the perpetrator was caught quickly. 


It is not the first situation which shows us that one should not click links of the unknown origin. The good  example can be a phishing attack on the mBank clients or also e-mails with counterfeit invoices.