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Flipper Zero can be used to crash iPhones running iOS 17

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37919396

Apple Shuts Down Flipper Zero's Ability to Shut Down iPhones

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38656607

Flipper Zero banned by Amazon for being a ‘card skimming device’

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35481580

UK airport confiscates passenger's Flipper Zero

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37707486

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The last one is hilarious, just endless speculation on how the guy could have handled it better, the guy coming in with the account of how he handled thing pretty nicely, and then just crickets.

Good read indeed - a lot of conclusions being jumped to there.

Someone on Twitter mentioned how some kid managed to crash and shutdown their insulin pump using the flipper zero.

source? sounds fishy to me, can't believe insulin pumps are so vulnerable.

I don't have a source for OP's Flipper Zero story, but insulin pumps are surprisingly vulnerable: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-medical-advisories/icsm...

https://twitter.com/morganiteproto/status/173065586102911433... https://twitter.com/hackerfantastic/status/17307842936416793...

But it's also from Twitter so take it with a grain of salt.

Specifically they say there's an Android device for monitoring/controlling the pump that was taken out by this. That seems more plausible given that it likely isn't exactly running the newest version of everything.

And the fix would be to remove yourself ~30ft from the source (though BLE might have even less range). The pump itself wasn't "disabled", the dude's Android phone (or dedicated Android device for this) was temporarily glitched while in range.

Medical devices with shit firmware are hardly uncommon. I can totally believe someone crashed one with a device like this.

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