Alert! Hackers Can Make Find My Apple A Sophisticated Tracking Tool

Find My network display on iPhone (photo: dock. Apple)

JAKARTA A number of researchers at George Mason University, a campus in Virginia, United States, have expressed security concerns on the Find My network. It turns out that this Apple feature can be used by hackers.

Apple is known as a company with high equipment protection or top-level security, but recent findings reveal the opposite. The researchers found exploitation within Apple's tracking network, Find My.

The research team at George Mason University shared research results on How Apple Networks Can Become Potential Tracking Devices. They find ways to convert any device, such as a cellphone or laptop, into an AirTag.

Of course, this capability will not be realized by the user. After that, hackers will track its location remotely. By doing this, they can track any Bluetooth device quickly.

On the basis, AirTag is designed to change Bluetooth addresses based on cryptography keys. However, hackers or attackers managed to develop a system that could quickly find and penetrate the key.

"Even though it's scary if your smart key is hacked, it would be much more dire if the attackers also found out the location. With the attack method we introduce, attackers can do it," said one of the researchers.

The researchers managed to prove the problem. In one experiment, the researchers were able to track the computer's location with an accuracy of 10 feet. In their experiment, they were able to reconstruct the flight path by simply tracking console games.

This problem is quite serious because hackers can use Find My for malicious action. This research has been carried out since July last year and the researcher from George Mason has revealed his findings to Apple.

Although nearly a year has passed, Apple has not addressed the issue yet and has not provided details about the actions to be taken. The researchers feel that this fix will take years.