TaiG team dismisses rumours about release of iOS 8.2 jailbreak tool

Chinese jailbreak team, TaiG, has rubbished rumours of an iOS 8.2 jailbreak release, saying that they wanted to release it "as soon as possible".

TaiG team were speculated to release a jailbreak at the 2015 Mobile Security Summit (MSS) in Beijing on 27 March. Famous iOS hackers Comex, Chronic, p0sixninja and Pimskeks will speak at the MSS, which is organised by the TaiG jailbreak team.

However, the developer team involved in the TaiG untethered jailbreak utility dismissed rumours about the team having already released the jailbreak.

Well known iOS hacker, comex confirmed via Twitter that there has been no announcement so far.

By the way, no - there wasn’t any jailbreak release today. ;p
— comex (@comex) March 27, 2015

The team had earlier stated that the iOS 8.2 jailbreak could on the cards, but had not provided details as to when it will be released. TaiG has previously released untethered jailbreak for iOS 8.1.1, iOS 8.1.2, iOS 8.2 beta 1 and beta 2, with support for Windows.

Below is the announcement note from the team.

Announcement from TaiG Jailbreak Team

"On 27th March, TaiG Jailbreak Team held the 2015 Mobile Security Summit (MSS) in China Beijing.

The development and release of a jailbreak tool was restricted to several factors, however what TaiG Jailbreak Team wanted is to release the jailbreak of iOS 8.2 as soon as possible.

But at present, rumors about TaiG Jailbreak Team has already released the iOS 8.2 Jailbreak Tool were spreading in the internet. Any information outside of TaiG Jailbreak Team official news channel should not be trusted.

At last, thanks for focus and supports from media and users. To you all, we will do our best to go forward!

TaiG Jailbreak Team"

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