Researcher claims to hack AirTag so it points to wrong website when scanned

Researcher claims to hack AirTag so it points to wrong website when scanned

MashableAsia·2021-05-11 12:01

That didn't take very long. A German researcher claims to have hacked Apple's new item tracker, the AirTag.

The researcher, known on Twitter as @stacksmashing, shared a video (via 9to5Mac) of the hacked AirTag in action. In the video, we see that a normal AirTag points to Apple's Find My website when NFC-scanned with an iPhone. The hacked AirTag, on the other hand, points to a completely different URL, which the hacker can set to be anything they want. 

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