Apple is offering $1MILLION to anyone who is able to hack an iPhone in bold test of security systems

Aug 11, 2019 06:00 pm Cyber Security 271

Apple is offering $1MILLION to anyone who is able to hack an iPhone in bold test of their security systems

The tech giant's 'bug bounty' program has been expanded to challenge hackers to break into an iPhone remotely

Apple head of security Ivan Krstić announced major changes to the program on stage at the 'Black Hat' information security conference in Las Vegas

The company also will be giving away special iPhones to security researchers to look for flaws and fix them ahead of a new product launch

By Ralph Ortega For Dailymail.com

Published: 13:41 EDT, 11 August 2019 | Updated: 13:41 EDT, 11 August 2019

Apple is giving away $1million to the hacker who can break the tech giant's security protections to break into an iPhone remotely.

It is a significant increase in reward from the $200,000 'bounty program' reward Apple has run since 2016 to incentivize hackers to work with the company, rather than target it and it's users.

Hackers will have a chance at winning the bigger payout starting this fall, Ivan Krstić, Apple's head of security, announced at the Black Hat technology security conference in Las Vegas Thursday, apple offering 1million anyone iphone security systems