WiFi SSID Disables iPhone

After joining my personal WiFi with the SSID “%p%s%s%s%s%s%n”, my iPhone permanently disabled it’s WiFi functionality. Neither rebooting nor changing SSID fixes it :-)

A tweet shows an iPhone’s Wi‑Fi permanently disabled after connecting to a network with a maliciously formatted SSID. The joke is a real-looking software bug caused by the unusual string, making a simple Wi‑Fi connection break the phone’s functionality.

• @infosecmemes / 623 2021-06-21