The IOS 7 Lock screen passcode suffering from a vulnerability that can allow anyone with direct access to the iPhone or iPad to bypass the lock screen and open apps. This vulnerability had been discovered by 36-year-old soldier Jose Rodriguez, he is from Canary Islands off the coast of Spain.
Apple did not immediately respond on this vulnerability Immediately, an Apple spokesperson told Forbes and others that the company "takes security very seriously" and that it's "aware of this issue. We'll deliver a fix in a future software update."
Mr.Rodriguez was demonstrates in below video regarding iOS 7’s lock screen breaking. How to get access the users’ photo gallery, email and etc. with few quick swipes of the finger.
Earlier in this year Rodriguez found vulnerabilities in iPhone OS they are iOS 6.1.3 lock screen and a lock screen in a beta version of iOS 7 and Apple fixed both issues.
Researchers at Cenzic had already noticed about this vulnerability if a user has the iPhone’s personal assistant Siri set up on iOS 7 they can send messages, post to Twitter and Facebook and call any phone without entering the passcode as well.
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