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I thought apple discovered it was a social hack, not a technical one... Or is this just PR?

• deathhand 12y ago
  The US legal term for hacking is: "intentionally accesses a protected computer without authorization, and as a result of such conduct, causes damage" Apple is misleading the public because if I brute force anything then I go to jail. iCloud accounts were 'hacked' due to bad security implementations.
• serge2k 12y ago
  If that script was used then Apple had a security flaw which allowed a very simple attack. The article mentions ethical hackers and researchers. This guy posted an unpatched vulnerability to github. Even without a bug bounty program he could have submitted a report, waited for patch, and then wrote it up for some PR. Instead forbes gives him credibility he doesn't deserve.