This Apple privacy feature may have leaked emails for millions of iPhone, Mac users | TheBriefWire
This Apple privacy feature may have leaked emails for millions of iPhone, Mac users
Published 2 July 2026 ยท tech
Apple's Hide My Email feature has a bug that lets attackers unmask the real address behind any alias, and every tested case cracked in minutes
Apple's Hide My Email feature has a bug that lets attackers unmask the real address behind any alias, and every tested case cracked in minutes. Researcher Tyler Murphy first flagged it in June 2025, but Apple's fixes never stuck. With over a billion paid subscriptions and two-thirds of iPhone owners on iCloud storage, millions of users relying on this "private" tool for anonymity may be exposed right now.
Published: July 2, 2026 โข 3:56 PM IST ยท Updated: July 2, 2026 โข 4:32 PM ISTBy TheBriefWire Editorial Team
Key points
Apple's Hide My Email feature has a bug that lets attackers unmask the real address behind any alias, and every tested case cracked in minutes.
Researcher Tyler Murphy first flagged it in June 2025, but Apple's fixes never stuck.
With over a billion paid subscriptions and two-thirds of iPhone owners on iCloud storage, millions of users relying on this "private" tool for anonymity may be exposed right now.