Hacker Team Wins $1 Million Bounty for Browser-Based Jailbreak of iOS 9.1 and 9.2 Beta

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Posted November 2, 2015 at 8:56pm by Shalom Levytam

Zerodium has announced that they have a winner of their $1,000,000 bounty for a browser-based untethered jailbreak of iOS 9.

The company announced the bounty program last month.

ZERODIUM will pay out one million U.S. dollars ($1,000,000.00) to each individual or team who creates and submits to ZERODIUM an exclusive, browser-based, and untethered jailbreak for the latest Apple iOS 9 operating system and devices. The program is open until October 31st, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. EDT, and may be terminated prior to its expiration if the total payout to researchers reaches three million U.S. dollars ($3,000,000.00).

Today, Zerodium announced on Twitter that one team has won the award.

Our iOS #0day bounty has expired & we have one winning team who made a remote browser-based iOS 9.1/9.2b #jailbreak (untethered). Congrats!

The team behind the jailbreak hasn't been revealed yet and considering Zerodium has paid $1,000,000 for the jailbreak, it is unlikely that we'll see it released to the public. You can follow iClarified on X, Facebook, or RSS for updates.

Hacker Team Wins $1 Million Bounty for Browser-Based Jailbreak of iOS 9.1 and 9.2 Beta

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Diana Serrano - December 7, 2015 at 5:23am

I have been trying for months to do this. I discovered this site and clicked on it and see everything that was on it I was like oh my god is this for real. I am 53 years old and I am dying to do this. Please help. Thank you so much.

AverageReviewer - November 3, 2015 at 4:48am

While I am totally pro jailbreak your comments funny because your hating a OS for being really really secure

andras.gaal - November 3, 2015 at 1:34am

worst thing, it was a browser based jailbreak, like jilbreak.me before, i'd like that instead of all thees buggy jailbreaking apps.

3ba5740 - November 3, 2015 at 4:33pm

how do u know dude!!! cmon lets not jump to wrong conclusions just yet, let's wait a lil more and see...

mr blonde - November 2, 2015 at 9:51pm

Hey guys, Zerodium did not put out the bounty to sell the jailbreak to end users. They will sell the exploit to government agencies. Congrats to the person/people who did it. Hope zerodium pays up promptly for you.

AntiNeo - November 2, 2015 at 11:57pm

Most likely true

The Mix - November 2, 2015 at 9:39pm

I hope they post a bounty for a successful jailbreak for the new Apple TV. That would truly be remarkable if an individual or team claimed that prize. I might even pay (a small fee) if they released it to the public.

Me - November 2, 2015 at 9:36pm

All it takes is one look by another researcher and its public

The iDevice Pro - November 3, 2015 at 4:13am

And that's how you know it will be sold to the government to exploit devices.

Canoob - November 2, 2015 at 9:02pm

Bad news :( they will charge for this