Apple is a company that has always touted privacy as one of the key selling point for its devices. If you have ever watched an Apple launch event, you might know how many times the Cupertino giant addresses its newest devices, be it iPhones, iPads, or Macs, as the most secure device ever. However, at a recent Hackathon competition, some Chinese white-hat hackers broke into Apple’s latest iPhone 13 Pro running iOS 15.0.2 in a mere second! It was an achievement, and for that, they bagged a $300,000 cash prize.
During the recent hacking championship in China known as Tiangfu Cup, not one but two hacking teams were able to break the iPhone 13 Pro in a matter of seconds. As per the competition’s official website, participating teams had to break into the iPhone 13 Pro to gain control of the phone while it ran on the latest iOS 15.0.2 version.
Both the teams won a big cash reward for their achievements. They are expected to contact Apple to inform them about the vulnerabilities, so the company could deploy a fix with a future update.
