Hackers have identified a way of “jailbreaking” iPhones running Apple’s new IOS 4.1 operating system, just hours after the software update was released.
A team of hackers, known as pod2g, said they had found a possible exploit, which takes advantage of a loophole in devices running Apple’s IOS platform.
Other hackers said it would be difficult for Apple to plug the exploit, because the company would need to make significant changes to the underlying code of the operating system in order to resolve the problem, rather than simply patch the flaw.
Previous ‘jailbreaks’ – including JailbreakMe, which could be installed on an iPhone just by visiting Jailbreakme.com on the device – exploited software bugs within the platform, and were subsequently easily patched by Apple.
Dev-Team, a team of hackers responsible for writing much of the software used to jailbreak iPhones, said it was still working on a jailbreak for IOS 4.1, and advised users of jailbroken iPhones not to update to the newest software.
This time of year there are lots of new iPhone owners, and not everybody knows that accepting new IOS updates is the surest way to lose your jailbreak and/or unlock,” said the team in a blog post. “While those of you who have Cydia or TinyUmbrella backups of your FW hashes will always be able to get back to 4.0.1 if you make this mistake, this doesn’t hold for unlockers.”
Steve Jobs, Apple’s chief executive, has acknowledged that his company is involved in a “cat and mouse” game to try and keep hackers and jailbreakers at bay.
The IOS 4.1 update brings a variety of new features to the iPhone, including High Dynamic Resolution photography, a Game Centre social gaming service, Ping integration and high-definition video uploads.
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