More than a year after a major report revealed a critical weakness in iPhone security, a new report has revealed that criminal gangs are still using the exploit to swipe phones from unsuspecting victims, before using their own passcode to steal from them.
Last year, Apple said it was working “tirelessly every day to protect our users’ accounts and data” and was “always investigating additional protections against emerging threats,” after it emerged that thieves were stealing iPhones and using their owner's passcodes to access the devices.
