Hackers using iPhone prototypes to probe security and develop iOS Exploits

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Web site Appleinsider is reporting that it has found out that hackers have somehow gotten a hold of iPhone prototypes and am using them to see what they can exploit and then develop ways to get around any security enhancements for future exploits.

Hackers are taking advantage of “dev-fused” iPhones, meant only for internal usage within Apple, to discover how systems and sensitive components in the smartphone function, with the publicly-unavailable variant now a highly prized tool for security researchers searching for vulnerabilities in the hardware and in iOS.

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