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Dutch hacker seeks out jailbroken iPhones for fame and fortune
engadget.com - 16 days ago
Dutch hacker seeks out jailbroken iPhones for fame and fortune
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Jailbreaking an iPhone certainly brings many benefits , but it's also frought with some peril, as amply demonstrated by a Dutch hacker who decided to go snooping around for vulnerable jailbroken iPhones in the Netherlands. While he apparently didn't actually swipe personal information or ...
arstechnica.com - 19 days ago
Dutch hacker holds jailbroken iPhones "hostage" for €5
— arstechnica.com — Dutch hacker holds jailbroken iPhones "hostage" for €5 (more) Dutch hacker holds jailbroken iPhones "hostage" for €5

Comments vote down Gizmodo found this 19 days agofound this
Dutch Hacker Holds Jailbroken iPhones Hostage For €5 Ransom While Exposing Security Vulnerability [IPhone]
gizmodo.com - 18 days ago
Dutch Hacker Holds Jailbroken iPhones Hostage For €5 Ransom While Exposing Security ...
— gizmodo.com — Many of us have jailbroken our iPhones, but did everyone remember to change the default root password? Those guilty of that oversight are vulnerable to the simple intrusion method this guy used to hold iPhones hostage in the Netherlands. Apparently ... (more) Dutch Hacker Holds Jailbroken iPhones Hostage For €5 ...

Comments vote down The iPhone Blog found this 18 days agofound this
Second iPhone virus found, again targets jailbroken iPhones
boygeniusreport.com - 9 days ago
Second iPhone virus found, again targets jailbroken iPhones
— boygeniusreport.com — Earlier this week, an Australian coder by the name of Ikee wrote an interesting iPhone worm targeting users with jailbroken iPhones — specifically those users who had not RTFM and changed their root password. The worm was programmed to scan ... (more) Second iPhone virus found, again targets jailbroken iPhones

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iPhone J.D. — ... Here is yet another reason that I have not used a jailbreak utility to hack my iPhone.  Engadget reports that a Dutch hacker found a way to locate jail-broken iPhones in the Netherlands and display a message demanding money. ...

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