Update your iPhone NOW: Hackers post a secret Apple source code in the ‘biggest leak in history'
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- 09 Feb 2021
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In what is being described as the ‘biggest leak in history’, hackers have posted a secret iOS source code online.
The code is for a key piece of Apple software called iBoot - the first app that runs when you turn on an iOS device.
An anonymous user known as ‘Zioshiba’ posted the code on Github, sparking fears that iPhones have been left vulnerable to hackers.
Speaking to Motherboard , security researcher Jonathan Levin described it as the ‘biggest leak in history.’
Mr Levin said: “iBoot is the one component Apple has been holding on to, still encrypting its 64-bit image... And now it’s wide open in source code form.”
The iBoot code is from iOS 9, but may still be relevant to the current iOS 11 system.
If hackers discovered any vulnerabilities in the iBoot code, they could come up with ways to decrypt the iPhone, or even emulate iOS on non-Apple platforms.
Savvy consumers could also use any flaws as an opportunity to ‘jailbreak’ their iPhone, freeing their device from the constraints of Apple.
Apple has now confirmed the source code is from iOS 9.
A spokesperson told CNET : "Old source code from three years ago appears to have been leaked.
"But by design the security of our products doesn't depend on the secrecy of our source code.
"There are many layers of hardware and software protections built into our products, and we always encourage customers to update to the newest software releases to benefit from the latest protections."
