Alex53135

Q: My iMessage has been hacked

I went into the messages app on my computer recently and found out that more than 20 messages had been sent. The messages were all to Chinese numbers, and the messages in Chinese. Screen Shot 2016-03-07 at 23.36.11.png

 

Has anyone experienced the same? is my account hacked?

MacBook Air, OS X El Capitan (10.11.3)

Posted on Mar 7, 2016 2:39 PM

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  • by Jaydeep0406,

    Jaydeep0406 Jaydeep0406 Sep 16, 2016 6:19 AM in response to Alex53135
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    Sep 16, 2016 6:19 AM in response to Alex53135

    I Have had the same issue yesterday and the first thing i did was to change the password.  what got me really worried is how someone else could access my apple id? The password was a unique one and not used on any other platform. It was accessed from an ipod touch running ios 8.something.

  • by BBzebrageek22,

    BBzebrageek22 BBzebrageek22 Sep 16, 2016 2:26 PM in response to Alex53135
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    Sep 16, 2016 2:26 PM in response to Alex53135

    I had the same issue today, but when I research the issue, it looks like Apple said they fixed this issue with the upgrade to 9.3.5.  Why the **** am I getting hacked, how much information did they get access to, and has anybody experienced any other issues after the hack as a result of personal/billing information getting out?  Extremely frustrating!

  • by bojten,

    bojten bojten Sep 19, 2016 3:14 AM in response to BBzebrageek22
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    Sep 19, 2016 3:14 AM in response to BBzebrageek22

    Hi BBzebrageek22,

     

    Perhaps it is linked to another leaked account-db and where you by default use the same email/pwd as your appleID?

    It would be interesting to know if this is the case.

    Check the https://haveibeenpwned.com/ to confirm if your account has been compromised and if it is reasonable to think the credentials would be the same now as they were then.

    I would appreciate if you could confirm to me if there is a connection here...

     

    (and yes, I found my account being a part of a few leaks as well)

    /N

  • by bojten,

    bojten bojten Sep 19, 2016 3:16 AM in response to Jaydeep0406
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    Sep 19, 2016 3:16 AM in response to Jaydeep0406

    Hi Jaydeep0406,

     

    Perhaps it is linked to another leaked account-db and where you by default use the same email/pwd as your appleID?

    It would be interesting to know if this is the case.

    Check the https://haveibeenpwned.com/ to confirm if your account has been compromised and if it is reasonable to think the credentials would be the same now as they were then.

    I would appreciate if you could confirm to me if there is a connection here...

     

    (and yes, I found my account being a part of a few leaks as well)

    /N

  • by leonardofromdelft,

    leonardofromdelft leonardofromdelft Sep 19, 2016 3:52 AM in response to bojten
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    Sep 19, 2016 3:52 AM in response to bojten

    I have been hacked from Linkdln, but since I didn't use it in a long time, I completely forgot the password. As soon as I tried to log in they asked to reset the password (because the account was exposed), so I will never find out if the password was the same. Could be possible though

  • by Zuzixu,

    Zuzixu Zuzixu Sep 19, 2016 8:50 AM in response to Alex53135
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    Sep 19, 2016 8:50 AM in response to Alex53135

    Same here!

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    why all of a sudden all of us are getting those?

  • by Sept19,

    Sept19 Sept19 Sep 19, 2016 1:11 PM in response to Alex53135
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    Sep 19, 2016 1:11 PM in response to Alex53135

    I had the same thing happen to me on 9/14/16. I got the notification that an iPod Touch had accessed my iMessage account so I immediately changed my password and made sure that no other devices were showing up on my account. Soon I noticed that 4 text messages has been sent in Chinese to phone numbers in China in the span of about 2 minutes. This seemed to stop and I called Apple. They said that they had never heard of this before and did not know how to tell if anyone still had access to my phone or macbook. They recommended changing Apple ID password and email address. The Advisor told a manager and came back on to say that there were no additional suggests. It's very frustrating and I still do not know if my computer or phone are secure or not.

     

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  • by leonardofromdelft,

    leonardofromdelft leonardofromdelft Sep 19, 2016 3:58 PM in response to Sept19
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    Sep 19, 2016 3:58 PM in response to Sept19

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    about 270 messages sent to 270 different numbers in 45 minutes. it's about 6 messages per minute

  • by arcturuz78,

    arcturuz78 arcturuz78 Sep 19, 2016 6:38 PM in response to Alex53135
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    Sep 19, 2016 6:38 PM in response to Alex53135

    would suggest to everyone to implement 2FA immediately or turn off iMessage

     

    i am being charged $300 from my service provider as a result of these iMessage (which resulted in global sms) sent out to china

  • by odunucmed,

    odunucmed odunucmed Sep 20, 2016 7:30 AM in response to arcturuz78
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    Sep 20, 2016 7:30 AM in response to arcturuz78

    The same thing happened to my wife this morning.  Her iCloud account was signed into iMessage on a MacBook Air, which we don't have.  The previous post to this doesn't make sense, since whoever hacked the account didn't send the messages directly from their device.  That is the only way you could be charged the fee.  iMessage messages can only be sent to other iOS accounts/devices.

  • by Ralph Johns (UK),

    Ralph Johns (UK) Ralph Johns (UK) Sep 20, 2016 12:21 PM in response to arcturuz78
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    Sep 20, 2016 12:21 PM in response to arcturuz78

    Hi,

     

    This thread is about iMessages being sent.

    The Bubbles are Blue in the pics people have posted.

     

    If you have an SMS issue that is something different.

     

     

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    8:21 pm      Tuesday; September 20, 2016

     

      iMac 2.5Ghz i5 2011 (El Capitan)
     G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
     MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
     Mac OS X (10.6.8),
     iPhone and an iPad (2)
  • by Cindypap,

    Cindypap Cindypap Sep 20, 2016 2:25 PM in response to Alex53135
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    Sep 20, 2016 2:25 PM in response to Alex53135

    I had the same problem. On the 18th I woke up and realized that 300 messages were sent from my iPhone (5 per minute in 1 hour). I changed my Apple ID address and password and although It hasn't happened again, I can't send iMessages anymore. They seem to be activated but they do not work. I tried everything, restored all kinds of settings, reinstalled IOS and activating iMessage with a different sim card. After contacting Apple they told me that since none of these actions worked, there must be a problem with the hardware of my device. But my device hand't caused any similar problems since the spam chinese messages. So I activated iMessage on an older Apple device (iPhone 4s) using my (previously infected) Apple ID and then a new Apple ID, that I created toady, and the problem remains. Any suggestions??

  • by erictburchfield,

    erictburchfield erictburchfield Sep 21, 2016 10:03 AM in response to Cindypap
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    Sep 21, 2016 10:03 AM in response to Cindypap

    I am also having this EXACT issue except I was hacked early yesterday morning. I've done factory resets and still cannot send any iMessages. This is very stressful.

  • by Ralph Johns (UK),

    Ralph Johns (UK) Ralph Johns (UK) Sep 21, 2016 11:50 AM in response to Cindypap
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    Sep 21, 2016 11:50 AM in response to Cindypap

    Hi,

     

    You need to call Apple Support (Apple Care) and state you have an Apple ID issue.

     

    you will probably need to ask to speak to someone higher as Level 1 people are Script led.

    Apple ID issues are free to fix.

     

    Ask them to check the server as devices can be specifically blocked.

     

     

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    7:50 pm      Wednesday; September 21, 2016

     

      iMac 2.5Ghz i5 2011 (El Capitan)
     G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
     MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
     Mac OS X (10.6.8),
     iPhone and an iPad (2)
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