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       Massive earthquake hits Taiwan



       Nine people died and more than 800 got
       injured in Taiwan after the island was hit by
       its biggest earthquake in at least 25 years
       on  Wednesday  (April  4)  morning.  While
       Taiwan’s  earthquake  monitoring  agency
       said the quake was 7.2 magnitude, the US
       Geological Survey (USGS) put it at 7.4.
       The epicentre of the quake was located
       just  18  kilometres  south-southwest  of
       Hualien  County,  which  is  situated  in
       eastern Taiwan. Multiple aftershocks were
       experienced,  and  one  of  them  was  6.5
       magnitude, according to USGS.
       Notably, Taiwan is prone to earthquakes as it lies along the Pacific “Ring of Fire” — where 90% of the world’s
       earthquakes take place. The island and its surrounding waters have registered about 2,000 earthquakes
       with a magnitude of 4.0 or greater since 1980, and more than 100 earthquakes with a magnitude above 5.5.

       Government issues high security warning for Apple


       iPhone, MacBook, and iPad users


       CERT-In or the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team has issued a
       warning for Apple products. The agency has given a ‘high’ severity rating to
       the  issue.  The  government  body  has  found  “remote  code  execution
       vulnerability” in Apple products, which can leave a device vulnerable to
       exploitation by a hacker, who could remotely gain access on a device and
       execute “arbitrary code on the targeted system”.
       As per CERT-In warning, the vulnerability affects iPhone and iPad users
       whose  devices  are  on  iOS  and  iPadOS  versions  prior  to  17.4.1.  This
       version is available for all iPhones after iPhone XS, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 2nd
       generation and later, all versions after iPad Pro 10.5-inch, iPad Pro 11-inch
       1st generation and later, iPad Air gen 3 and later, iPad gen 6 and later, and
       iPad mini version after gen 5.
       The vulnerability also affects iOS and iPad versions before the 16.7.7 update, which is available on iPhone
       8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPad gen 5, iPad Pro 9.7-inch, and iPad Pro 12.9-inch gen 1.
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