Apple counters hacking assertion from cybersecurity personnel

Mobile device giant, Apple, on Friday countered hacking assertion from cybersecurity personnel, claiming there are no evidence that hackers had exploited flaw in its Mail app.

Following the speculation, Apple noted that it is yet to see any concrete evidence of cyberattackers exploiting newly discovered vulnerabilities in the Mail app for iPhone and iPad, software used by hundreds of millions of people worldwide.

This is the US company countering assertions by cybersecurity company ZecOps that software flaws may have allowed hackers to infiltrate iPhones and other iOS devices for more than a year.

Apple launched an investigation and said in a statement the mail issues were insufficient by themselves to allow cyberattackers to bypass built-in security, adding it will issue a fix soon.