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CTOnews.com Sept. 6, security expert Anthony recently showed the media an attack tool called Flipper Zero, which costs only $170. it can send false radio signals to nearby smartphones and other devices, and achieve a denial of service (denial-of-service) attack through dense Bluetooth pop-up windows.

Foreign technology media TechCrunch repeated the attack after testing, and expert Anthony said that through the amplifier, the attack range can be expanded to "several thousand feet."

Anthony said that although the attack is theoretically effective on Android models, the target is mainly iPhone.

Attacked iPhone users will frequently receive fraud and other fraudulent pop-up windows, resulting in iPhone can not be used properly, users in addition to turn off Bluetooth, turn off or use flight mode, there is no way to mitigate such attacks.

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