Hackers Steals Hundreds Of Millions Of iPhones Data Which Apple Can't Stop.
“Apple cannot fix it because bootrom cannot be patched after a device leaves the factory,” said the Hacker.
Its significance lies in the fact that Apple will struggle to ever fix it, at least in devices up to and including the iPhone X. That’s because the underlying vulnerabilities lie in the “bootrom”—the part of the processor that contains the initial lines of code executed by the processor as it powers on.
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“Apple cannot fix it because bootrom cannot be patched after a device leaves the factory,” said a hacker who goes by the name axi0mX. They first identified the problem, which they dubbed checkm8, back in September.
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Beware data loss
For anyone who wants to jailbreak their phone, axi0mX recommended backing up data on iTunes or iCloud due to the risk the phone might lose data.
“There should not be any risk of permanent damage to your device, restoring in iTunes should always fix it.”
Apple hadn’t responded to a request for comment at the time of publication.
Though the vulnerabilities remain on many millions of iPhones, the security threat only rises for those who’ve had their device hacked while not physically controlling it and who've continued to use it without rebooting. There are not any known remote exploits that take advantage of the issue. F0r any at-risk users who have sensitive data on their iPhone, such as activists, journalists and politicians, upgrading to a newer device might be necessary.
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