A bug has been discovered in iOS that crashes the iMessage app and can freeze or restart your phone when you’re sent a specially-engineered website link. Software developer Abraham Masri, the brain behind the bug, gave it the name “chaiOS”. chaiOS bug:Text the link below, it will freeze the recipient’s device, and possibly restart it. When trying to load all of this unexpected information, iMessage crashes, sometimes taking the entire operating system down with it. — Abraham Masri (@cheesecakeufo) January 17, 2018We hope that Apple is more alert and responsive to issues like this.

Source: The Guardian January 18, 2018 17:26 UTC