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When the bits hit the FAN: US military accused of knackering Russian trolls, news org's IT gear amid midterm elections

ratfox
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an employee's iPhone automatically launched iTunes when connected to a USB cable, prompting synchronization and Windows updates on the host PC, which apparently allowed the takeover of the connected computer.

Naive question here: Can an iPhone really force Windows to update?

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