img src="http://images.macrumors.com/article-new/2011/08/iphone-hacker-2-11-150x2251.jpg" alt="" title="iphone-hacker-2-11-150x225" width="150" height="225" class="alignright size-full wp-image-322069" /Comex, the hacker behind JailbreakMe.com, is joining Apple as an intern. JailbreakMe.com made it extremely easy for iOS users to jailbreak their devices a href="http://macrumors.com/2010/08/02/safari-based-jailbreak-available-for-ios-devices-including-iphone-4-and-ipad/"simply by visiting a website/a. He announced the a href="https://twitter.com/#!/comex/status/106863873952448512"hiring on Twitter/a: br/ blockquoteIt's been really, really fun, but it's also been a while and I've been getting bored. So, the week after next I will be starting an internship with Apple./blockquotea href="http://macrumors.com/2011/08/01/hacker-behind-jailbreakme-com-identified-as-brown-university-student/"Forbes unmasked Comex/a as Nicholas Allegra, a 19-year old Brown University student from Chappaqua, NY, by Forbes. In that article, Allegra described jailbreaking as "like editing an English paper... You just go through and look for errors. I don?t know why I seem to be so effective at it." br/ br/ Allegra's latest jailbreak a href="http://macrumors.com/2011/07/06/safari-based-jailbreak-tool-returns-with-ipad-2-support/"utilized an exploit/a in Apple's PDF renderer to run custom software to crack iOS devices. Apple a href="http://macrumors.com/2011/07/15/apple-releases-ios-4-3-4-to-address-latest-jailbreaking-vulnerability/"patched the bug/a after little more than a week, but the elegant solution, and the complete ease with which it allowed users jailbreak their phones, illustrate the talent that Allegra has. br/ br/ The Forbes article a href="http://blogs.forbes.com/andygreenberg/2011/08/01/meet-comex-the-iphone-uber-hacker-who-keeps-outsmarting-apple/2/"ended/a by wondering if Apple's security team needs a new intern. It seems that they do, though Allegra didn't specify what he will be working on at Apple. br/ br/ This isn't the first time Apple has hired from the jailbreak community. Earlier this year MobileNotifier developer Peter Hajas a href="http://macrumors.com/2011/06/03/apple-has-hired-mobilenotifier-developer-peter-hajas/"was picked up/a as an Apple summer intern. Unlike Hajas, however, Allegra has actually been responsible for some of the tools that have made jailbreaking possible on the iPhone.br/ br/ br/ bRecent Mac and iOS Blog Stories/bbr/ bull; a href="http://macrumors.com/2011/08/25/steve-jobs-demand-for-excellence-extends-to-elevator-pitches/"Steve Jobs#039; Demand for Excellence Extends to Elevator Pitches/abr/ bull; a href="http://macrumors.com/2011/08/25/apple-releases-xsan-2-2-2-filesystem-update/"Apple Releases Xsan 2.2.2 Filesystem Update/abr/ bull; a href="http://macrumors.com/2011/08/25/spy-mouse-the-cheesy-new-game-from-firemint-free-at-starbucks-next-week/"SPY Mouse, the Cheesy New Game from Firemint, Free at Starbucks Next Week/abr/ bull; a href="http://macrumors.com/2011/08/25/tampa-bay-bucs-using-ipads-for-game-film-and-playbooks/"Tampa Bay Bucs Using iPads for Game Film and Playbooks/abr/ bull; a href="http://macrumors.com/2011/08/25/steve-jobs-called-googles-vic-gundotra-on-a-sunday-about-this-icon/"Steve Jobs Called Google#039;s Vic Gundotra on a Sunday About this Icon/abr/ pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sfGvwOBm-v4RXt5sH3eM1CMxJY4/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sfGvwOBm-v4RXt5sH3eM1CMxJY4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sfGvwOBm-v4RXt5sH3eM1CMxJY4/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sfGvwOBm-v4RXt5sH3eM1CMxJY4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.macrumors.com/~ff/MacRumors-Front?a=jE2PaBkKOhQ:VH_owltfX-M:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MacRumors-Front?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.macrumors.com/~ff/MacRumors-Front?a=jE2PaBkKOhQ:VH_owltfX-M:6W8y8wAjSf4"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MacRumors-Front?d=6W8y8wAjSf4" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.macrumors.com/~ff/MacRumors-Front?a=jE2PaBkKOhQ:VH_owltfX-M:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MacRumors-Front?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MacRumors-Front/~4/jE2PaBkKOhQ" height="1" width="1"/

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