iOS Users Alert! iPhone Can Be Hacked Remotely In Seconds
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iOS Users Alert! iPhone Can Be Hacked Remotely In Seconds
A hacker from China has shocked everyone by hack an iPhone 13 Pro in just 1 second. He did this without even touching the phone! Whole hack was happened remotely.
Apple sells their iPhone with the highest level of privacy and security. The latest iPhone 13 models are no different and they provide the latest iOS 15 with it. However, a ethical hacker in China has prove that iPhones are as vulnerable to attacks as Android smartphones.
Chinese Hacker Hacked iPhone in 1 Second
According to a repoy from ITHome, at the 4th “Tianfu Cup” International Network Security Competition in China, a ethical hacker who works on Pangu Labs jailbreak an iPhone 13 Pro remotely in just 1 second. All he had to do was to click a link on the device and got all the access. The hacker get access to an iPhone 13 Pro remotely, which had the highest level of security till date announced by Apple and could even wipe out all data.
After the hack, he was able to access all of the user’s data effortlessly. The hacker of Pangu Labs managed to gain access to the photo albums and apps on the device. He was also able to delete all data remotely.
He find the vulnerability from Safari browser and iOS kernel, which made it possible to hack that iPhone 13 Pro. The most horrifying part is that all of the procedure was happening in the background and there was no way for the user to know that all the data access of that phone is on someone else's finger tip.
iPhone 13 Pro Hacked
It wasn’t cleared whether that specific iPhone 13 Pro unit was running on an previous version or with the latest patches installed. It's been only a month since Apple released iOS 15 and have already been a couple of updates to fix reported issues.
The hacker from china show that no matter what kind of device you use, you should always ignore malicious links sent via SMS messages or from any websites. He showed that, a cyberattack can go in the background and the victim won't even find out it’s happening.