[Swordmaker]

Please note: for this exploit to work, any such hacker would have had to have access to the target subject's iCloud account user name AND passcode, something very unlikely to get. The examples used by the Radocea, coder who did succeed in this article, was starting with BOTH of those pieces of data so was able to work with a known account and add a surreptitious device to a KNOWN Apple iCloud network. This is not something that would be possible to just anyone user unless their ACCOUNT WAS ALREADY COMPROMISED. . . in which case such a hack would be totally unnecessary!

[Swordmaker]

An already patched (and announced by Apple) flaw in the iCloud Keychain, could have permitted exposure of all sites and passwords IF a potential hacker had the user's iCloud user name and password. . . something highly unlikely. . . by means of registering a bogus device to the iCloud account. However, if such a hacker already had the user's iCloud user name and password, such an exploit would be pretty much obviated as he would already own the target's data. This vulnerability was already patched back in March. Nothing to worry about here, but it is, after all FUD season! — PING!

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[Flick Lives]

“With the bug I couldn’t go ahead and steal whoever’s iCloud Keychain just by knowing their account name. I would also need access to their iCloud account somehow,” he said, such as an Apple ID email address and password.

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If I have access to the username and password of an account, I’m already in.

[Lx]

This is the worse thing I have ever seen! You mean if someone has my account ID and password, they can access my account? Why has Trump not done something about this?