“We must use every tool at our disposal to ensure that consumers are always protected,” said James.
Apple still working on a fix for the FaceTime bug
Reports indicated that Grant Thompson, 14-year-old in Arizona discovered the FaceTime bug on January 19. His mother, Michele Thompson reported the problem to Apple the following day. After five days, the company’s security team encouraged Ms. Thompson to set up a developer account and submit a formal bug report.
On Monday, Apple started disabling the Group FaceTime for all users and announced that it is working on a fix, which will be released later this week.