iOS 10.1.1 iCloud Activation Lock it was hacked by hackers, in the video clip below it is demonstrated that the system is not as secure as people think. Apple created iCloud Activation Lock specifically for the Find My iPhone system, allowing a stolen or lost iPhone to be locked to prevent its use by a thief, or a person who found it and does not want to return it.
The exploitation of iCloud Activation Lock was initially demonstrated in October This article, the Apple company taking note of what a computer security researcher discovered and solving the problem. Other security experts managed to reproduce the exploit in iOS 10.1.1 using a slightly different method, and now it is available.
The method itself is not very complex and involves forcing the system through which a Wi-Fi network can be connected in the process of setting up an iDevice. Using an extremely long set of characters in the fields for the name of the Wi-Fi network, combined with locking the screen and pressing the Power and Home buttons will have the effect of bypassing iCloud Activation Lock.
iOS 10.1.1 iCloud Activation Lock has been cracked, Find My iPhone users are at risk
Considering that iOS 10.1.1 has this iCloud Activation Lock vulnerability and it has now become public, Apple will move extremely quickly. It is not known if iOS 10.2 fixes the problem, but it is extremely clear that Apple will want to rush its release with a fix to keep users protected against such exploits.
The main problem with this method to exploit iOS 10.1.1 Activation Lock is that it can be used by anyone without much effort. Everything is based on programming mistakes in the source code of the iOS 10 operating system, an exploit not being necessary to cancel the security measures of iCloud Activation Lock for Find My iPhone.
Apple has not yet commented on this problem, but it will probably do so soon, considering that we are talking about an exploitation of the system that people rely on when using Find My iPhone. What do you think about what these researchers have achieved in computer security and how dangerous do you think everything is?
