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How the iPhone Activation Lock hack works

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Alex Heath(5:00 am PDT, May 2r! 20"#$

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$ac%e&s ha'e disco'e&ed an e!ploit that ma%es it easy to defeat the (cti'ation

)oc% on i*hones. *hoto: +im ,e&ithew/ult of ,ac

The recently reveale! ex%loit that allows anyone to &y%ass the iPhone's Activation Lock

systemis a rather sim%le %rocess that re)ires a!!in* +)st a sin*le line o co!e to a

com%)ter r)nnin* iT)nes-

The ex%loit, which is calle! Do)l.i (/i.lo)! &ackwar!$, has alrea!y &een )se!

tho)san!s o times on locke! iPhones an! iPa!s aro)n! the worl!- 1t's the work o a %airo anonymo)s hackers, who cracke! A%%le's thet!eterrent meas)re &y trickin* lost or

stolen i34 !evices into thinkin* they are &ein* reactivate! &y A%%le's servers-

1ntro!)ce! in i34 , Activation Lock is !esi*ne! to ren!er a lost or stolen iPhone )seless

)nless it is recovere! &y its %ro%er owner- 1t's a %ower)l tool !esi*ne! to hel% %rotect

iPhone owners who all victim to street thieves who 6n! A%%le %ro!)cts irresisti&le-

7hen A%%le's 8in! My Phonea%% is t)rne! on, an iDevice can &e tracke! &y its owner

thro)*hi.lo)!-coman! remotely wi%e! i necessary-
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4ay a thie snatches an iPhone, it *ets remotely wi%e! &y the owner, an! the thie

attem%ts to restore the iPhone so it can &e )se! a*ain as a new !evice- That's when

Activation Lock comes into %lay- D)rin* the set)% %rocess ater a restore, the A%%le 1D

an! %asswor! ori*inally associate! with the !evice nee!s to &e entere!- 1 that lo*in ino

can't &e %rovi!e!, the iPhone can't &e reactivate! with A%%le's i.lo)! servers- 9o) have

a &ricke! iPhone that can't *et %ast the initial set)%- All it's *oo! or is s%are %arts-

y %erormin* what is commonly reerre! to as a maninthemi!!le attack, the Do)l.i

ex%loit interce%ts we& tra;c &etween the iPhone an! A%%le's servers-

$e&es how ouli wo&%s"$ The 6rst ste% is to e!it yo)r com%)ter's hosts 6le an! a!! a line o co!e that %oints to

Do)l.i's server- The 1P a!!ress o Do)l.i's server, "


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%rocess that varies !e%en!in* )%on which o%eratin* system yo) are )sin*- Here's a

*oo! overviewo how to e!it the hosts 6le on !i@erent Mac an! 7in!ows systems-

2$ The loststolen iPhone is then %l)**e! into a Mac or P. r)nnin* iT)nes an! %)t

into D8?Becovery mo!e- To !o this, t)rn o@ the !evice- T)rn it &ack on, hol!in* !own

the 4lee%7ake &)tton or three secon!s, an! then C witho)t releasin* the 4lee%7ake

&)tton C &e*in hol!in* the Home &)tton or an a!!itional "0 secon!s- Belease the

4lee%7ake &)tton &)t kee% hol!in* the Home &)tton )ntil iT)nes reco*nies yo)r

!evice an! Becovery mo!e &e*ins- iT)nes will restore the iPhone to a &lank state, an!

the normal set)% %rocess &e*ins while the iPhone is connecte! to the com%)ter with

iT)nes o%en-

$ This is where thin*s *et sha!y- 7hen the !evice attem%ts to contact A%%le's server to

see i it nee!s to &e activate!, the line a!!e! to the hosts 6le rero)tes the %in* thro)*h

Do)l.i's servers instea!- The iPhone thinks it's talkin* to A%%le when it's really talkin*

to the hackers' server-

he i*hone thin%s its tal%ing to (pple when its &eallytal%ing to ouli.

At this %oint, the hackers r)nnin* Do)l.i's servers co)l! ca%t)re !evice ino, s)ch as

serial n)m&ers an! other )ni)e i!enti6ers- However, sec)rity researcher an! i34

hacker 4teven De 8rancotol! .)lt o Mac that no cre!it car! or other %ersonal

inormation tie! to the ori*inal owner can &e swi%e!- /?nless they have access to

A%%le's !ata&ase, they can't !o m)ch, he sai!- /Even then F 1 think the most they

co)l! %)ll )% is &illin* ino- esi!es, i the !evice &ein* )nlocke! was stolen in the 6rst

%lace, the %erson )sin* the ex%loit likely !oesn't care a&o)t sharin* its serial n)m&er

with a mysterio)s server-

#$ Ater the Do)l.i servers have s%ooe! the activation re)est, the iPhone is *oo! to *o

as tho)*h it has &een a)thenticate! with the owner's A%%le 1D lo*in- 4ort oF

he , ca&d p&olemThe catch is that ater the ex%loit, the iPhone's 41M car! won't &e reco*nie!- The 41M is&locke! &eca)se i34 has &een tricke! into thinkin* it has &een activate!, while the

iPhone's &ase&an! (the 6rmware that comm)nicates an! a)thenticates the !evice with

the carrier$ has not- The iPhone won't connect to a wireless carrier &)t can &e )se! or

all other )nctions-

The hackers &ehin! Do)l.i tol! .)lt o Mac their techni)e works on all i34 !evices-

They claim to have a 6x or the 41M&lockin* iss)e in the works-

A%%le has not res%on!e! to .)lt o Mac's re)ests or comment-

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