The new mobile operating system iOS 9.1 Apple has been cracked: A team of hackers get paid a million dollars for a remote jailbreak of the security company Zerodium. Background: The company had previously awarded a competition for the fastest hacker.
At the weekend announced Zerodium CEO Chaouki Bekrar via Twitter that the ausgelobte of him compete for the first hack for iOS 9.1 have a winner. An as yet secret hacker team had managed to overcome the security barriers of Apple's new operating system. The condition was that the hack should work remotely if the user visits a specially crafted just website. After that, the hacker will be able to install any app with full rights. In addition, the hack had to work with any browser and via SMS or MMS. And that would be, it should agree, a small sensation. For over a year no one has succeeded, should get a remote jailbreak.
iOS 9.1 Jailbreak: hackers like a spy movie
What sounds like a spy movie, the secret actually interested. The security firm Zerodium one claims to both the defense industry to its customers as well as government agencies that have a need for special and customized computer security solutions. According to Cult of Mac is unclear whether Zerodium boss Bekrar forwards to hack Apple or example, sells it to the NSA, so that is able to eavesdrop on their targets.
Simply the hack was not in any event, because the team needed to find diverse security leaks and use combined. "The winners have the leaks received only a few hours before the competition deadline of Zerodium" says CEO Bekrar. Who are the hackers exactly and what he will do with his knowledge, the Zerodium boss did not say. Therefore, it is absolutely unclear whether the jailbreak will ever become public. Such hacks can be extremely valuable, as can be seen on the high advertised prize money.
At the weekend announced Zerodium CEO Chaouki Bekrar via Twitter that the ausgelobte of him compete for the first hack for iOS 9.1 have a winner. An as yet secret hacker team had managed to overcome the security barriers of Apple's new operating system. The condition was that the hack should work remotely if the user visits a specially crafted just website. After that, the hacker will be able to install any app with full rights. In addition, the hack had to work with any browser and via SMS or MMS. And that would be, it should agree, a small sensation. For over a year no one has succeeded, should get a remote jailbreak.
iOS 9.1 Jailbreak: hackers like a spy movie
What sounds like a spy movie, the secret actually interested. The security firm Zerodium one claims to both the defense industry to its customers as well as government agencies that have a need for special and customized computer security solutions. According to Cult of Mac is unclear whether Zerodium boss Bekrar forwards to hack Apple or example, sells it to the NSA, so that is able to eavesdrop on their targets.
Simply the hack was not in any event, because the team needed to find diverse security leaks and use combined. "The winners have the leaks received only a few hours before the competition deadline of Zerodium" says CEO Bekrar. Who are the hackers exactly and what he will do with his knowledge, the Zerodium boss did not say. Therefore, it is absolutely unclear whether the jailbreak will ever become public. Such hacks can be extremely valuable, as can be seen on the high advertised prize money.
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