February 8, according to foreign media Motherboard reported that anonymous users on the open source platform GitHub leaked a version of the Apple iBit iBoot source code .. Things soon after exposure, Apple requires GitHub immediately delete the source code is released.
As we all know, iBoot iOS system is one of the key source code, which ensures that the operating system can be trusted to start, equivalent to the Windows computer's BIOS system. Therefore iBoot source code has been cautiously kept by Apple.
The iBoot source code that appears on the GitHub platform And now, after Motherboard verified that the code leaked from an Apple-less-esteemed engineer who provided part of the code to a jailbroken community friend in 2016, the employee was not dissatisfied with Apple, but rather in a friend's' Encouragement 'is provided to the jailbreak community.
It is reported that, in addition to the iBoot source code, the engineer also shared other code, the current code has not yet been made public.
However, the source code leaked, Apple does not seem too worried about.In addition to requiring GitHub delete iOS 9 version of the iBoot source code, it stressed that the incident has no effect on the iPhone's security.
Apple iOS9 system According to Apple, the safety of Apple products does not depend on the confidentiality of the source code, the product also has many hardware and software protection layer to protect the user's safety.In addition, the leak is three years ago, the old iOS 9 Code, and now Apple has updated to iOS 11, iBoot source code of these two system versions only a small part of the overlap.
Therefore, Apple recommends that users who use this version upgrade to the latest iOS system version.
