May 9th, 2021 Chris Velazco/Engadget You knew it was just a matter of time before someone hacked Apple's AirTags, but it might have happened sooner than you expected. 9to5Mac reports that security researcher Thomas Roth has already cracked the microcontroller for Apple's item tracker, dumping its firmware and discovering that you can re-flash it for your own purposes. Roth demonstrated the possibilities by modifying the NFC web address (the one that appears when you tap an AirTag) to his personal site. As you might guess, that raises the potential for hacked AirTags that send users to malware and phishing sites.