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Account Info Harvested from iPhone in Six Minutes

by Terrence O'Brien on February 10, 2011 at 02:30 PM

iPhone Secrets
iPhone owners, here's a really good reason to set up that whole "remote wipe" thing using Find My iPhone. German researchers have found a way to harvest all your account information, including your Gmail password, Wi-Fi key and Exchange information, in under six minutes. And that's even if you have protected your device with a password. The hack is simple, and you can watch it in the video after the break. All a thief has to do is jailbreak the device, copy a script to it then execute the exploit to reveal your login credentials. Best of all, it's using well-known flaws that Apple simply hasn't gotten around to patching yet. So if you haven't done it yet, now is the time to set up Find My iPhone.

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