iPhone Jailbreak Gets Past Lockdown Mode and Survives an Update
Just over a week after jailbreaking an iPhone Duo on launch day, hacker team Calif is back with another jailbreak demonstration. This time, the group has jailbroken an iPhone in Lockdown Mode, and the jailbreak appears to persist across an iOS update. Calif shared a video of a jailbroken iPhone 18 Pro with Lockdown Mode on. From there, iOS 27. 2 is installed, and the jailbreak remains in place after the update. It isn’t clear whether the jailbreak could be installed on a device already running iOS 27. 2. Apple describes Lockdown Mode as "extreme protection" for individuals who might be targeted by sophisticated mercenary spyware…