Apple may have tightened security of its iPhone and iPod touch devices during its most recent update, but that doesn't stop the efforts to get in.

A user going by the name of Toc2rta has stated that he and several others have managed to gain root access to the iPod touch running version 1.1.1 of the unit's firmware.

The statement is as follows:
Using the tiff exploit, we have managed to expose the root parition via the symlink hack. We have verified the exploit with an iphone 1.0.2,1.1.1 and itouch 1.1.1
We are currently working on remounting the / parition rw and we will be hosting the exploit on this site SOON.

Stay tuned for more details as they emerge and if you or anyone you know is trying to crack the updated iPod touch, let us know in the comments or forums.