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There was no reference to the iPhone model in the Twitter thread that I noticed besides the logo, which could be an iPhone X. The iPhone X is vulnerable to an
by evanreichard 6y ago
There was no reference to the iPhone model in the Twitter thread that I noticed besides the logo, which could be an iPhone X.
The iPhone X is vulnerable to an unpatchable BootROM exploit (checkm8), which could bypass the need to even brute force.
EDIT: I haven't actually done this, and I'm not sure it would allow you to bypass a PIN, so just a theory.
- colejohnson66 6y agoAFAIK The bootrom exploit doesn’t allow getting around the hardware-based lockout. But I’m open to be proven wrong.
- n3k5 6y agoNo, you're right: Checkm8 only lets you boot into a custom OS, but to decrypt any data from the installed iOS, you'd need to hack the secure enclave, which it doesn't touch. (Technically you could boot a fake OS with a passcode skimmer, but developing this into an actual exploit isn't any easier than simply observing the user entering their passcode.)