Security News > 2020 > January > Apple Targets Jailbreaking in New Complaint Against Corellium
Apple has filed an amended complaint in the lawsuit against Corellium and the virtualization company has responded by claiming that the tech giant is using the lawsuit to crack down on jailbreaking.
Corellium provides a virtual iPhone that can be used to find vulnerabilities and test the functionality of mobile apps on different versions of the iPhone and iOS. Apple has accused the company of copyright infringement, stating that Corellium was not authorized to copy its products.
Apple's initial complaint only mentioned jailbreaking, but the new complaint includes several paragraphs focusing on jailbreaking.
"Corellium has admitted not only that its product is designed to circumvent technological protection measures Apple puts in place to prevent access to and infringement of its copyrighted works in iOS, but that it has aided and abetted the creation and trafficking of other software that is also designed to circumvent those same technological measures," Apple said.
"Apple is asserting that anyone who provides a tool that allows other people to jailbreak, and anyone who assists in creating such a tool, is violating the DMCA. Apple underscores this position by calling the unc0ver jailbreak tool 'unlawful' and stating that it is 'designed to circumvent [the] same technological measures' as Corellium," explained Corellium CEO Amanda Gorton.