Apple Officially Releases SMS Patch

Apple hasn’t said much about the SMS exploit, but apparently it’s been hard at work on a fix. In fact it has just pushed out a patch in a new iTunes update.

Apple rep Tom Neumayr told Engadget the following:

“We appreciate the information provided to us about SMS vulnerabilities which affect several mobile phone platforms. This morning, less than 24 hours after a demonstration of this exploit, we’ve issued a free software update that eliminates the vulnerability from the iPhone. Contrary to what’s been reported, no one has been able to take control of the iPhone to gain access to personal information using this exploit.”

Why Apple kept so quiet for so long will be anybody’s guess. Being an ostrich with it’s head in the sand doesn’t make the problem go away.

[Via Engadget]