{"id":18858,"date":"2021-05-11T08:00:07","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T08:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/howk.de\/w1\/apple-airtag-trackers-already-hacked-and-reprogrammed-by-security-researchers\/"},"modified":"2021-05-11T08:00:07","modified_gmt":"2021-05-11T08:00:07","slug":"apple-airtag-trackers-already-hacked-and-reprogrammed-by-security-researchers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/howk.de\/?p=18858","title":{"rendered":"Apple AirTag Trackers Already Hacked And Reprogrammed By Security Researchers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hothardware.com\/news\/apple-airtags-hacked-reprogrammed-security-researchers\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hothardware.com\/ContentImages\/NewsItem\/55051\/thumbnail\/default\/AirTag_Thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Apple AirTag Trackers Already Hacked And Reprogrammed By Security Researchers\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"5\"><\/a><br \/>\nWell, that was incredibly fast. Apple released its AirTag trackers to retail less than two weeks ago, and someone has already hacked the tiny gadget. Security researcher Thomas Roth did the deed, as he managed to crack into the microcontroller and re-flash it with his own custom firmware, essentially resulting in a jailbroken AirTag.<\/p>\n<p>The <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, that was incredibly fast. Apple released its AirTag trackers to retail less than two weeks ago, and someone has already hacked the tiny gadget. Security researcher Thomas Roth did the deed, as he managed to crack into the microcontroller and re-flash it with his own custom firmware, essentially resulting in a jailbroken AirTag. 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