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Apple Inc.’s iOS operating system, used in the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch devices, has “critical weaknesses” that let potential attackers gain administrator rights for the software, German regulators said.
The machines can be infected with malware by clicking on manipulated PDF files, the German Federal Office for Security in Information Technology said on its website Wednesday.
“Apple takes security very seriously,” said Trudy Muller, a company spokeswoman. “We are aware of this reported issue and are developing a fix that will be available to customers in an upcoming software update.”
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