Surely this cannot be true – right? How is it possible for anyone to get the iPhone’s top-secret application SDK key? We won’t know for sure until the SDK is release but should this info is correct, hackers are closer to creating a compliant IPA application bundle for home-made iTunes distribution. This empowers developers to create and distribute applications that can load through iTunes without Apple’s consent.

Here’s the iPhone application SDK key:

18 84 58 A6 D1 50 34 DF E3 86 F2 3B 61 D4 37 74

Anyone with more insights, feel free to chime in via the comment section. [via TUAW]