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Proving that the more complex the OS, the easier it is to hack, and how root really isn't required to attack a device a malicious app bypassed Ubuntu Phone security checks to give the attacker full control over the phone.
Luckily only 15 people are known to have downloaded the app but one has to wonder if Ubuntu Phone is already being targeted so successfully in its infancy what does that bode when its a more juicy target?
An educated guess for the unreleased sales statistics can be found on Riccardo Padovani's blog.
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(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 20 2015, @09:25PM
It seems you you are passionate about this, but saying that it "is an incredibly dumb, ignorant and stupid statement that shows fundamental ignorance of how OSs work and how to best protect the system." is fucking rude as fuck. Yes, ignorant perhaps, but dumb and stupid? Fuck off.