An adventurous, and perhaps daring Dutch teenager went for the big ransom yesterday by hacking into a significant number of jailbroken iphones in the Netherlands. After exploiting the vulnerable devices, he posted the following message on the home screen:
On the hacker’s site, instructions were given on how to “fix” the vulnerability. And, there was the 5 Euro ransom. For details on the iphone vulnerability and the dramatic conclusion of the Dutch caper, check out the article at Ars Techinca.
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