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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

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I suppose nastyware on the iPhone might infect the PC and send it to a fake Windows Update server? But then why do that, and not just put all the nastyware on the iPhone in the first place?

Who knows. And given the source aren't all that trustworthy, perhaps they've missed some major points from their account.

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