Do Son Earlier this week, iBoot, the core component of the iPhone operating system, leaked on GitHub. This source is more ancient, part of iOS 9. Apple then issued a DMCA delete notification, GitHub then all the code removed. Although the source has been deleted, many people are wondering, such a sensitive source is how it leaked? The Motherboard website found anonymous people related to the leaked code and wanted to figure out the whole process.
The survey involved a variety of screenshots, information and so on. Finally, it was discovered that the source code was originally shared by a low-level Apple employee in 2016, initially sharing the code with friends in the jailbreak community. The Apple employee is not satisfied with Apple, the purpose of stealing source code is not to make malicious software, just want to share the source code and jailbreak community.
Initially, only five people got the source code. At that time, these five individuals did not want to leak the source code because they were afraid of Apple’s legal department. However, in 2017, the code was leaked and appeared on GitHub this week.
Many people in the jailbreak and iPhone research community tried to stop sharing, but in the end, did not stop. The source of the leak is only part of the key documents did not leak out.
Apple also said in a statement that these are the source code three years ago, and the security of Apple products does not depend on the confidentiality of the source code. There are many layers of hardware and software protection in Apple products, and users are advised to upgrade to the newest system.
For ordinary users, this iBoot source leak will not be affected, iOS devices have multiple layers of security, such as Secure Enclave and so on. Of course, this source leak may make the iPhone jailbreak easier.
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