iOS 4.3.4 Patches Jailbreak Exploit… And Is Immediately Jailbroken

On Friday, Apple free a minor update to iOS, version 4.3.4. The update patched the renowned PDF exploit used by JailbreakMe 3.0, which allowed users to break any iDevice (including iPad 2) through a website. Some bloggers purported the in vogue update would also quell future jailbreaks- which anyone following the CAT-and-mouse unfit between Apple and iOS hackers should have it off would turn out false. Easily, it did, and to a lesser degree 12 hours after the release of 4.3.4, a prisonbreak was released by RedmondPie.

The jailbreak comes either in the form of a customised 4.3.4 bundle to be used with PwnageTool surgery only by victimisation the recently updated redsn0w tool. It is a tethered jailbreak, meaning if your device is restarted, the jailbreak moldiness live reinstalled. RedmondPie's jailbreak does not process iPad 2.

While Apple has successful jolly clear their opposition of jailbreaking, information technology is important to emphasize that 4.3.4 fixes a critical security hole- thoughtless of its use American Samoa a jailbreak feat, a temporary hookup was necessary.

[RedmondPie via Engadget]

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