Apple comments on erroneous reports of iPhone brute force passcode hack

Recent reports about an iPhone Passcode 'hack' involving no-space strings turn out to be no 'hack' at all — according to the original researcher/ Yesterday, a security researcher reported on a possible brute-force passcode attack that affected iPhone and iPad. The researcher seems to have disclosed the discovery to Apple, though it's unclear whether he waited for Apple to confirm and fix it — or refute it — before going public.
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