Lockdown Mode Bypassed in New iPhone Exploit
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Security researchers at Calif posted a video showing they could compromise an iPhone 18 Pro with Lockdown Mode enabled, using a malicious PDF delivered via AirDrop, then persist malware through an update to iOS 27.2. This challenges Apple's claim that no Lockdown Mode device had been hacked with spyware.