The U.S. military is conducting its own investigation and will mete out "punishment, if appropriate ... in accordance with established policies and the Uniform Code of Military Justice, " the Southern Command said in its statement.
The app displays a warning window each time a malicious USSD code the code used to carry out the wipe is found, blocking the execution of the command, and protecting your handset.
The hacker doesn't even need to be in the same ZIP code to crack a firewall or VPN -- the 3G link lets the Power Pwn take bash command-line instructions through SMS messages and doles out some of its feedback the same way.