Apple Inc. users are facing new security risks after a security researcher successfully hacked Apple’s proprietary ACE3 USB-C controller, a critical component responsible for managing charging and data transfer on Apple’s latest devices.
First revealed at the 38th Chaos Communication Congress at the end of December but with details only being recently announced, the ability to breach Apple’s security highlights significant vulnerabilities in Apple’s USB-C implementation and rightly raises concerns about user data security and device integrity.
The man behind the hack, security researcher Thomas Roth, presented his findings in a detailed technical demonstration. Roth’s approach involved reverse-engineering the ACE3 controller to expose its internal firmware…