Apple apologized for a serious bug in its MacOS High Sierra operating system, which allowed someone to gain full control of a Mac without even needing a security code
The company announced that it has prepared and immediately released a relevant correction in its software. All Macs running the latest version of MacOS High Sierra 10.13.1 will automatically download and install the backdoor patch
Older users will see an update prompting them to install the upgrade. The US and German governments have issued warnings calling on Mac users to install the "patch".
"We are very sorry for this error and apologize to all Mac users. "When our engineers found out about the problem on Tuesday afternoon, we immediately started working on an upgrade that closes the security gap," the company said, according to the BBC and Reuters.
Security is a top priority for every Apple product and unfortunately we "stumbled" on this version of MacOS. Our customers deserve something better. We control the whole process of our software development, in order to prevent something like this from happening again ", the American company added.
This is the second time that Apple has been forced to immediately upgrade its users' computers, as millions of its computers were at risk from potential hackers, who had learned about the "backdoor" from Turkish developer Lemi Ergin, who first informed the international community. In fact, because he himself was criticized for not notifying the company in time, he replied that he had already done so since November 23 (that is, earlier than Apple says it found out).
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Source: News247