The wrong time via NTP can brick Apple devices

~ hucktech

[[UPDATE: It appears the brick will recover after a few hours:
https://twitter.com/i0n1c/status/698409301052932096%5D%5D

Wow, if an attacker runs a bogus NTP with the wrong time (eg, 1/1/1970), it can brick some modern IoT devices, such as ones by Apple.

https://twitter.com/kerouanton/status/698348547683590144

Comment from discussion EndVSGaming’s comment from discussion "[Discussion] Changing Time & Date settings to Jan 1, 1970 will permanently brick 64-bit iOS devices".

Published by hucktech

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