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There's also the fact that if you have an exploit for a recent iPhone, that can sell for upwards of a million dollars (edit: $1.5 million for a remote jailbreak
by imron 9y ago
There's also the fact that if you have an exploit for a recent iPhone, that can sell for upwards of a million dollars (edit: $1.5 million for a remote jailbreak with persistence: https://www.zerodium.com/program.html https://www.zerodium.com/program.html).
If you have the capabilities to hack the iPhone you are then faced with a question - do you release it for free or do you sell it for a million dollars.
A million dollars is life changing enough that many hackers will take that option.
- zie 9y agoYou presumably could do both, sell it for a million dollars, and then send an email to apple as well. I'm sure the terms of the sale stipulate you can't share it with anyone else, but if you can hack the iPhone but can't figure out how to send anonymous email to Apple, you are doing something wrong.
- imron 9y agoAccording to zerodium's faq, there are bonuses for exploits that meet specific lifespan requirements.