Apple customers have found a major bug in the latest version of the company's operating system, macOS High Sierra, for their laptops and desktops. A Turkish developer discovered that anyone could gain administrator privileges on Macs running the operating system without a password, making private user data extremely vulnerable. The bug, which was first reported by security researcher Mustafa Akyol, is not limited to just one specific type of Mac.
Apple customers have found a major bug in the latest version of the company's operating system, macOS High Sierra, for their laptops and desktops. A Turkish developer discovered that anyone could gain administrator privileges on Macs running the operating system without a password, making private user data extremely vulnerable. Apple said in a statement to Quartz that it is currently working to fix the issue.