Samsung Galaxy S7 phones ‘vulnerable to being hacked’

Samsung’s Galaxy S7 smartphones — thousands of which have been sold to Irish customers — contain a microchip security flaw uncovered earlier this year that put tens of millions of devices at risk to hackers looking to spy on their users, researchers have said.

Samsung Galaxy S7 phones ‘vulnerable to being hacked’

Jack Stubbs

Samsung’s Galaxy S7 smartphones — thousands of which have been sold to Irish customers — contain a microchip security flaw uncovered earlier this year that put tens of millions of devices at risk to hackers looking to spy on their users, researchers have said.

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