iPhone limits the number of attempts to enter a passcode. However, a security researcher, Matthew Hickey, has discovered an easy way to bypass this limit. According to him, instead of entering combinations of multiple four or six-digit codes, a single long string with various supposed codes (without spaces) will bypass the limit. This can be done by connecting the device to a computer.
Hickey demonstrated this phenomenon in a video, which he also shared on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/hackerfantastic/status/1010240042990596096
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This glitch is actually present in the iOS. So, all devices running different versions of iOS are equally vulnerable, regardless of whether it is an iPhone or an iPad.
As revealed through his conversation on Twitter, Hickey has already reported this glitch to Apple.
https://twitter.com/hackerfantastic/status/1010249073884975104
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Matthew Hickey is a security researcher and the co-founder of Hacker House, a cybersecurity company.
Apple is yet to comment about this bug. Although this method to crack the iPhone passcode is time consuming, yet, not difficult. However, until a patch is rolled out, all users running iOS 11.3 or less should prevent physical access to their device.
