22 May, 2017 | Channelnews - http://www.channelnews.com.au/

Apple Continues Storing Notes Long After Deletion

A Russian security firm has found that notes deleted on iPhone, iPad and Mac devices can remain stored in the cloud for years. ElcomSoft was able to use its own software to extract deleted notes synced to a user’s iCloud account dating back to 2015, significantly beyond the 30-day period that Apple claims to retain notes in the ‘Recently Deleted’ folder before being “permanently deleted“.

21 May, 2017 | UBERGIZMO - http://www.ubergizmo.com/

Deleted iPhone Notes Remain Stored In iCloud Even After 30 Days

Elcomsoft, a software company based in Russia, has found that iPhone notes written and stored in the handset’s Notes app and synced to iCloud remain stored even when they’ve been deleted by the user. The company says that the notes remain in storage also after the 30-day expiration period of the “Recently Deleted” category ends.

20 May, 2017 | Engadget - https://www.engadget.com/

Apple doesn't always expunge deleted notes older than 30 days

The iCloud Notes you delete are supposed to be permanently wiped within 30 days. Gone forever, never to be seen again. Russian security firm ElcomSoft has discovered, however, that Apple has been keeping deleted notes in the cloud for far longer. Its security researchers were able to retrieve notes that should've vanished weeks and months ago. In some cases, they were even able to recover notes from way back in 2015.

20 May, 2017 | The Tech Portal - https://thetechportal.com/

Apple’s iCloud notes still recoverable even after its 30-day deletion window: Elcomsoft

Apple’s cloud storage practices have been called into question once again — that too from the same Russian security firm called Elcomsoft who’s earlier identified gaping holes in its iCloud service. The latest discovery detailed by them in an official blog post states that Apple has been storing deleted notes on the cloud for far longer than required. The deleted notes are stored in the ‘Recently Deleted’ folder for 30 days before being permanently removed from the cloud. Not really!

20 May, 2017 | SlashGear - https://www.slashgear.com/

iCloud Notes recovered well beyond Apple’s 30-day deletion window

Like many of Apple‘s apps and services, the Notes app can be synced to iCloud to make the information available on a number of devices. When a user chooses to delete a note, they can recover it within 30 days, but after that Apple states the data is wiped. However, security firm ElcomSoft has discovered that it’s able to recover notes well beyond this 30-day window.

19 May, 2017 | AppleInsider - http://appleinsider.com/

Security firm recovers iCloud Notes beyond Apple's 30-day deletion window

Using a new version of its Phone Breaker tool, Russia's Elcomsoft said it was able to retrieve notes dating weeks, months, or years beyond Apple's 30-day window. In extreme cases, notes were retrieved from as far back as 2015.

19 May, 2017 | MacRumors - https://www.macrumors.com/

ElcomSoft Claims It's Able to Recover Deleted iCloud Notes Well Past Apple's 30-Day Window

Russian software company ElcomSoft today claimed in a blog post that iCloud notes marked as deleted are being stored on Apple's servers well past the advertised 30-day period they are kept in the "Recently Deleted" folder.

19 May, 2017 | Mac & i - https://www.heise.de/

Forensik-Tool soll gelöschte Notizen aus iCloud auslesen können

Der Softwareanbieter Elcomsoft hat seine App "Phone Breaker" um eine Funktion erweitert, die den Umstand ausnutzt, dass Apple offenbar auch vom Nutzer eigentlich vernichtete Notizen länger aufbewahrt.

19 May, 2017 | Mac Life - http://www.maclife.de/

Elcomsoft will gelöschte iCloud-Notizen wiederherstellen können

Nach Informationen von Elcomsoft sollen mit der Anwendung „Phone Breaker” eigentlich gelöschte iCloud-Notizen auch jenseits von Apples 30-Tage-Undo-Zeitfenster wieder sichtbar gemacht werden können. Das würde die Sicherheit der iCloud deutlich heruntersetzen.

19 May, 2017 | TheMacObserver - https://www.macobserver.com/

Data Forensics Company Recovers Notes Data Apple Claims is Deleted

Files deleted from Apple’s Notes app shouldn’t be recoverable after 30 days, but the security and data forensics company Elcomsoft found they could access records that were deleted months—or even more than a year—ago. That sounds pretty bad, but recovering those files requires some pretty specific elements, including knowing your iCloud login and password.