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Title: Security researcher shows how to brute force iPhone passcodes [Video]
Post by: HCK on June 26, 2018, 04:05:18 pm
Security researcher shows how to brute force iPhone passcodes [Video]

<div class="feat-image">(https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/iphone-passcode.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600)</div><p><strong>Update</strong>: In a statement, Apple has refuted this vulnerability and said it was not tested correctly by the security researcher:</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Here’s Apple’s statement on the now disproven iOS Passcode brute force attack, and a link to some more info:https://t.co/9M3wvVJ7nQ (https://t.co/9M3wvVJ7nQ) pic.twitter.com/bXzpkd0Izt (https://t.co/bXzpkd0Izt)</p>
<p>&mdash; Rene Ritchie (@reneritchie) June 24, 2018 (https://twitter.com/reneritchie/status/1010680602708848641?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)</p>
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<p>According to a new report from ZDNet (https://www.zdnet.com/article/a-hacker-figured-out-how-to-brute-force-an-iphone-passcode/), security researcher Matthew Hickey has discovered a new way to bypass the passcode lock on any iOS device. Hickey claims that his brute force tactic works at least until iOS 11.3…</p>
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