iOS 12 jailbroken hours after release by Alibaba’s cybersecurity division

Security researchers said the exploit remained in effect after restarting the iPhone X

Alibaba’s cybersecurity division claims it’s successfully jailbroken iOS 12, just hours after Apple released its new system upgrade to the public.

(Abacus is a unit of the South China Morning Post, which is owned by Alibaba.)

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