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    GrayKey: What you need to know about this iPhone hacker and how to protect yourself

    May 22, 2018 4 minutes
    BY GLENN FLEISHMANN

    Police and other law-enforcement agencies now have inexpensive access to a hacking device that can crack iPhone and iPad passwords in a matter of minutes. First reported in early March by Forbes, GrayKey, from a company called Grayshift (go.macworld.com/gshf), is designed for turn-key cracking of iOS passcodes.

    In mid-March, Malwarebytes explored the device in greater depth, noting that a four-digit PIN could be cracked in a couple of hours and a six-digit PIN would require as many as a few days.

    Motherboard extended this reporting recently, with more details about how GrayKey has been used in the field. And security researcher Matthew Green posted a message on Twitter showing

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