iPhone hacked by malicious charger?!

So this week it was discovered by researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology that they have developed a charger that can hack an iPhone in less that a minute! I am an iOS device user so that's alarming thought, but I am also not a user that believes that anything is completely impenetrable to hacking, if someone developed the software, then there is another individual that can hack it, just that simple. The device was running the lastest version of iOS The "Mactrans" charger as it is being called, has software that is small enough to fit into chargers and batteries. The software is going to be presented at the Black Hat Security conference July. Many corporations have dubbed Apple devices more secure than other devices when it comes to connecting them to network resources such as email. Sources: CNET and Forbes Tech