September 10, 2010 by Trent Morgan
According to Apple, enterprising hackers are still managing to find ways of Jailbreaking the latest software update for the Apple IOS 4.1 operating system. The hackers were quick to find a weakness in the software which rapidly enables people to jailbreak any iPhones which run the operating system 4.1.
The announcement was made in a matter of hours following Apple’s release of their latest version of the software. The group of hackers, who call themselves ‘pod2g’, announced that they have managed to locate a way of exploiting the system, by taking advantage of a loophole which is built in to all devices that run the Apple IOS platform.
The hackers have stated that they don’t believe it will be easy for Apple to find a solution to the Jailbreaking, as this would require a number of significant alterations to the way in which the operating system is coded and configured, rather than just finding a patch resolution to prevent the practice.
Apple has previously managed to patch Jailbreaking (including the recent JailBreakMe service, which users could download from a site) by patching bugs in their software. The previous iterations of Jailbreaking simply exploited failings in the software to open up devices. Another team of hackers, who call themselves ‘Dev-Team’ have stated that they are still working on a way of accessing iPhones using the new Apple operating system, and advised people not to update to the newest software issued by Apple until a system for hacking it has been found.
A spokesperson for the company stated: “This time of year there are lots of new iPhone owners, and not everybody knows that accepting new IOS updates is the surest way to lose your jailbreak and/or unlock. While those of you who have Cydia or TinyUmbrella backups of your FW hashes will always be able to get back to 4.0.1 if you make this mistake, this doesn’t hold for unlockers.”
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