Critical security flaw in Apples iOS Mail app already exploited

The German BSI (Federal Office for Security in the Information Technology) send out a recommendation to disable synchronisation or delete the app until Apples fix (currently in beta) is released.

Source: https://translate.google.de/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=https%...

I like how the reaction to this is so disproportional on hn as we've seen it so many times with Apple fuckups.

This is the thread with most attention: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22944690 Just 270 points. It's not even on the front page. How is this possible? This thing has been on the news in Germany.