Teen arrested for iPhone hack that threatened emergency 911 system

Ars Technica
By Dan GoodinOct 28, 2016, 4:06 pm530 pts
Enlarge Authorities said they arrested an 18-year-old iPhone app developer on charges of felony computer tampering after he unleashed code that threatened to take down emergency 911 systems in a large swath of Arizona and possibly other states. Meetkumar Hiteshbhai Desai stands accused of publishing Web links…

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