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Chinese hackers claim to have found a way to crack Apple AirDrop and find out email addresses, phone numbers

China.

Chinese state-sponsored researchers claim to have found a way to extract sensitive information from people using Apple’s AirDrop feature.

A Bloomberg report covered how China's Beijing Wangshendongjian Judicial Appraisal Institute reportedly found a way to read phone numbers, email addresses, and device names of AirDrop users, via device logs. 

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