A security group called Calif says it hacked the iPhone. The details are thin and Apple has not replied, so keeping your phone updated is the safe move.
A security group called Calif says it hacked the iPhone. A blog post from the group opens with the line, "Today, we hacked what we'd set out to hack: the iPhone." The post drew more than 100 points on Hacker News, a popular tech discussion site. So far, though, the public details are very thin.
The text we saw has no technical details. It does touch on iMessage, the messaging app most iPhone owners use. One line asks why anyone would care about a third-party app when everyone uses iMessage. Another jokes that APT stands for Apple Persistent Threat. Those lines hint at the topic, but they do not explain what was done.
The material does not say how the hack worked. It does not say which iPhone models or software versions are involved. It does not say whether the problem is real, whether it is fixed, or whether anyone has been harmed. Apple has not replied in anything we saw.
If the claim holds up, it could matter to anyone with an iPhone, since iMessage is so widely used. For now, that is a big if. A claim on a blog is not the same as a confirmed flaw.
Watch for a reply from Apple and for a fuller write-up from Calif. Until then, the claim stays unproven and the details stay unclear.
A security group claims it hacked the iPhone but shared no details, so install iPhone security updates as soon as they appear.
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