Security News > 2023 > April > Bypassing a Theft Threat Model

Thieves cut through the wall of a coffee shop to get to an Apple store, bypassing the alarms in the process.

My favorite example is a band of California art thieves that would break into people's houses by cutting a hole in their walls with a chainsaw.

The attacker completely bypassed the threat model of the defender.

The countermeasures that the homeowner put in place were door and window alarms; they didn't make a difference to this attack.

The article says they took half a million dollars worth of iPhones.

I don't understand iPhone device security, but don't they have a system of denying stolen phones access to the network?

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https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2023/04/bypassing-a-theft-threat-model.html