Apple: Airtag hacked, stalking said to be "frighteningly easy" to do
After various hardware modifications, an expert has now also been able to manipulate the software of the trackers. Moreover, stalking via the item trackers is "frighteningly easy". Ten days after the official launch, security researcher Stack Smashing has managed to hack the accessory. He tweeted that he was able to break into the micro-controller and manipulate its software. The controller controls the device. For example, the German was able to change the NFC URL and make the item tracker open a different domain instead of the "find-my" website. A phishing page or similar could then be hidden behind it. Other specialists wonder about the fact that the firmware of the Airtags (test) is not encrypted. The hack is also called a jailbreak. Airtag stalking too easy thanks to security weaknesses Another report in recent days also criticized Apple's anti-stalking measures as inadequate. After testing them, Washington Post editor Geoffrey Fowler wrote, for example, ...