After publishing an article breaking the news about how police were seeing iPhones stored for examination mysteriously reboot themselves, 404 Media covers the subsequent revelation that Apple has increased security in iOS 18 by automatically rebooting iPhones after they have spent four days in a locked state.

Law enforcement officials said they want to raise awareness of the issue across the forensic and investigative fields.

New code introduced in the latest version of Apple’s mobile operating system could make it more difficult for both police and thieves to unlock iPhones. 404 Media reported Thursday that law enforcement officials were warning each other that phones being stored for forensic examination seemed to be rebooting themselves — something that security experts confirmed

Apple’s iPhones are mysteriously rebooting themselves and causing other devices to do the same, ... [+] according to a new report. Apple’s iPhones are mysteriously rebooting themselves and causing other devices to do the same,

A recent report suggested that iPhones were secretly communicating with each other in a way the police didn’t like. Now there’s a new answer to the mystery.