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Simplest Phones Open to “SMS of Death” | Threat Level | Wired.com

January 1, 2011 ~ lmehit ~ Leave a comment

BERLIN, Germany — It’s a scene from an as-yet-unmade thriller – across a country, tens of thousands of cell phones all blink white at the same, and turn themselves off. Calls are lost, phones are rendered useless, and the affected mobile operator is forced to pay a ransom or lose customers.

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