Apple's iPhones and iPads have an expensive surprise

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Reports continue to flood the iPhone XS (details), iPhone XS Max (details) and iPhone XR (details) are in trouble but now

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faces a new threat, not only for its latest iPhones, but for all the iPhone and iPad that you can buy … & nbsp;

In short: the data of all iPhones and iPads running iOS 12 are not secure. This comes after a ad DriveSavers, a reputable data recovery company, allows access to files from these devices with a "100% success rate". In addition, unlike most security breaches disclosed to Apple, it is kept secret.

Why? Talk to MacRumeursDriveSavers said it was creating a service around the exploit and charging up to $ 3,900 to users who wish to access locked devices. That said, the company emphasizes that it uses strict identification protocols from its customers to ensure that they do not pirate an iPhone or iPad that does not belong to them.

Whether or not you choose to believe DriveSavers about it, the problem is that others may not be so ethical.

While DriveSavers keeps the secret flaw to protect its new service, Apple has a big job to do to find and solve this problem. And until then, the race is open for more perverse hackers to discover and exploit it … if they are not already.

And the prices are high.

After all, you do not have to be a genius to understand that if you manage to create a successful business model, charging owners $ 3,900 to recover their own data, hackers can charge at least as much to provide the same. access to iPhones and iPads you return to your device after accessing and locked.

Apple has long promoted the safety of its devices as a key selling point. But at a time when sales of new iPhones are allegedly in troubleis the kind of development (at the back of yet another hardware reminder), which will probably not encourage more people to buy them …

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Reports continue to flood the iPhone XS (details), iPhone XS Max (details) and iPhone XR (details) are in trouble but now

Apple
faces a new threat not only for its latest iPhones but also for all the iPhone and iPad that you can buy …

In short: the data of all iPhones and iPads running iOS 12 are not secure. This comes after a ad DriveSavers, a reputable data recovery company, allows access to files from these devices with a "100% success rate". In addition, unlike most security breaches disclosed to Apple, it is kept secret.

Why? Talk to MacRumeursDriveSavers said it was creating a service around the exploit and charging up to $ 3,900 to users who wish to access locked devices. That said, the company emphasizes that it uses strict identification protocols from its customers to ensure that they do not pirate an iPhone or iPad that does not belong to them.

Whether or not you choose to believe DriveSavers about it, the problem is that others may not be so ethical.

While DriveSavers keeps the secret flaw to protect its new service, Apple has a big job to do to find and solve this problem. And until then, the race is open for more perverse hackers to discover and exploit it … if they are not already.

And the prices are high.

After all, do not be a genius to understand that if you can create a successful business model that will charge owners $ 3,900 to recover their own data, hackers can charge at least as much you return to your device after have accessed and locked.

Apple has long promoted the safety of its devices as a key selling point. But at a time when sales of new iPhones are allegedly in troubleis the kind of development (at the back of yet another hardware reminder), which should not encourage more people to buy them …

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Follow Gordon on Twitter, Facebook and Google+

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