Face P alm " ▁by ▁security ▁research ers , ▁and ▁affect s ▁iOS ▁devices ▁running ▁Fac etime ▁on ▁iOS ▁ 1 2 . 1 ▁or ▁Mac int osh ▁computers ▁running ▁Mac OS ▁ 1 0 . 1 4 . 1 ▁M oj ave . ▁On ▁February ▁ 7 , ▁Apple ▁fixed ▁the ▁Face Time ▁vulner abilities ▁in ▁iOS ▁ 1 2 . 1 . 4 ▁and ▁a ▁Supp lement al ▁Update ▁for ▁mac OS ▁M oj ave ▁ 1 0 . 1 4 . 3 . ▁ ▁Although ▁the ▁bug ▁gained ▁international ▁attention ▁on ▁January ▁ 2 8 , ▁ 2 0 1 9 , ▁the ▁bug ▁was ▁found ▁by ▁a ▁ 1 4 - year ▁old ▁high ▁school ▁student ▁in ▁Arizona . ▁He ▁and ▁his ▁mother , ▁known ▁as ▁M s . ▁Thompson , ▁tried ▁for ▁more ▁than ▁a ▁week ▁to ▁warn ▁Apple ▁about ▁the ▁problem ▁through ▁Facebook ▁and ▁Twitter ▁after ▁discover ing ▁the ▁bug ▁on ▁January ▁ 2 0 . ▁However ▁the ▁pair ▁found ▁it ▁impossible ▁to ▁reach ▁anyone ▁at ▁the ▁company . ▁" Short ▁of ▁smoke ▁signals , ▁I ▁was ▁trying ▁every ▁method ▁that ▁someone ▁could ▁use ▁to ▁get ▁a ▁hold ▁of ▁someone ▁at ▁Apple ," ▁said ▁M s . ▁Thompson . ▁On ▁January ▁ 2 5 , ▁ 2 0 1 9 , ▁they ▁posted ▁a ▁video ▁to ▁YouTube ▁demonstr ating ▁the ▁bug . ▁As ▁news ▁of ▁the ▁bug ▁finally ▁gained ▁media ▁coverage , ▁M s ▁Thompson ▁wrote : ▁" I ▁have ▁letters , ▁emails , ▁twe ets ▁and