Well hot damn.
A security researcher dropped a bomb on iPhone owners today with the release of an exploit potentially allowing for the jailbreaking of Apple smartphones ranging from the 4S to the iPhone X. And, and this part is the real kicker, the way the exploit allegedly works means Apple can never patch it.
The open source tool, released by axi0mX, is available on GitHub and is described as "a permanent unpatchable bootrom exploit for hundreds of millions of iOS devices" by the researcher.
Specifically, it works on any iOS device sporting anything from an A5 chip to an A11 chip. According to axi0mX, this translates to "most generations of iPhones and iPads." Read more...
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