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Hacking contest awards $300K to iPhone 13 remote jailbreak researchers

Last updated: Oct 20, 2021 4:42 pm UTC
By Samantha Wiley
iPhone 13

A group of researchers recently claimed the top prize in an annual hacking contest in China.

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The Pangu team bagged the top spot in the Tianfu Cup hacking contest by performing an iPhone 13 Pro jailbreak remotely. The iPhone 13 Pro was running iOS 15.

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Pangu is a popular group whose claim to fame is jailbreaking Apple hardware. In the first day of the event the researchers were able to complete a remote jailbreak of the latest iPhone 13 Pro, earning them the top spot.

The iPhone 13 Pro had three prize tiers- remote code execution, RCE and sandbox escape and remote jailbreak worth $120k, $180k and $300k, respectively. The device is just one of several targets in the competition. Others include Google Chrome and Windows 10 on notebooks, a Mi 11 mobile phone, Synology NAS, MacBook Pro Safari and others.

Details of the remote hack are unlikely to be made public due to responsible disclosure policies.

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