Google says some Pixel phone owners were hacked in zero-day attacks

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Google says that a bug in its Pixel smartphones’ software was exploited in limited and targeted cyberattacks. According to the limited details about the vulnerability, the bug was found in Pixel phones’ modem, which lets the device to connect to the internet. Exploiting the bug could allow an attacker to gain access beyond the sandboxed walls of the modem and into the broader phone’s data, a vulnerability known as privilege escalation.

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