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Hackers targeted Android users by exploiting zero-day bug in Qualcomm chips

EXC: Security researchers at Google and Amnesty International discovered hackers exploiting the bug in an active hacking campaign.

On Monday, chipmaker Qualcomm that hackers exploited a zero-day — meaning a security flaw that was unknown to the hardware maker when it was abused — in dozens of its chipsets found in popular Android devices. Amnesty International’s Security Lab, which works to protect civil society from digital surveillance and spyware threats, confirmed Google’s assessment, Qualcomm said. At this point, there aren’t many details about who was exploiting this vulnerability “in the wild” — meaning that whoever was using the zero-day was targeting individuals in real hacking campaigns.

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