Apple will plug iPhone security hole

Elinor Mills, CNET News.com
01 September 2008 07:01 AM
Tags: apple, iphone, security, vulnerability, hole

Apple plans to release a fix next month for a security hole that enables someone to access data on a password-protected iPhone, according to a report.

The flaw lets anyone who gets hold of the iPhone to circumvent the password protection and get access to email, text, and voice messages.

"The minor iPhone security issue which surfaced this week is fixed in a software update which will be released in September," Apple spokeswoman Jennifer Bowcock wrote in an email to Macworld.

Bowcock suggested that iPhone users set the device so that double-clicking the home button will take the user directly to the home screen, which will be the unlock screen if password protection is turned on.

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