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If the possibility of having your jailbroken iPod Touch or iPhone held ransom for 5 Euros wasn't enough of a scare to make you change your root password, maybe this will. Users on an Australian forum site are reporting a new attack - one that's no stranger to love.

You guessed it, the newest attack on jailbroken devices is a wallpaper Rickroll. Along with Rick Astley's devilishly handsome headshot, the image also includes the message "ikee is never gonna give you up."

It's actually a pretty tame attack. There are no reports in the forum of sounds being replaced with that all-to-familiar opening verse or repeated, mind-numbing video assaults.

At least one variation has also popped up. In addition to Astley, one user commented that his image had been changed to a New England Patriots logo.

The moral of the story?

If you jailbreak your iPhone or iPod Touch, make sure you change the root password to something other than alpine so you can avoid the shenanigans.Jailbroken iPhones in Australia getting Rickrolled by a worm originally appeared on Download Squad on Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.







iPhone - IpodTouch - IPod Classic - Australia - Rick Astley

Sheeda Pistol

Change your default r00t password Topi . Don't make me send you this worm ;>

maroush

I used to like that song by Rick Astley!

fat spartan

I got rickrolled a few times. I always thought it was funny.