The secret password to unlock the screen in mobiles Apple complements the scanner of fingerprints. In the standard situation, the iPhone allows you to enter the code incorrectly 9 times in a row after the tenth error, the system erases all data in the internal memory. For counting the number of the entered passwords is handled by a separate module and programmatically force it to “tick” it is impossible.
But you can make the number of password attempts is endless! A hacker named Hickey found that if you connect a device to impersonate an external keyboard to a Lightning connector, the iOS allows you to enter a password an infinite number of times.
Enough to add to the connected device base for Avtopribor codes, and after a few days to guess the password at any Apple smartphone with the version prior to iOS 11.3, inclusive. In iOS 12 the issue is resolved and the system disables support for the connection of input devices with Lightning if iPhone is locked for longer hours.