Brain genius hacks an Apple AirTag… but don’t panic

When I hear something’s been hacked, it conjures images of Le Carré-style spies and national security leaks, but this isn’t always the case. Sometimes, it’s just a brain genius hacking an Apple AirTag. Over the weekend, Twitter user Stacksmashing managed to break into Apple’s tracking device. They also managed to dump the firmware of Apple’s new device (although this hasn’t been made public). Feast your eyes on this: Yesss!!! After hours of trying (and bricking 2 AirTags) I managed to break into the microcontroller of the AirTag! 🥳🥳🥳 /cc @colinoflynn @LennertWo pic.twitter.com/zGALc2S2Ph — stacksmashing (@ghidraninja) May 8, 2021 We can…

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