iPhone Hacked

Boardgoosen wrote:

It’s like you keep failing to understand the post and then acting as if you’re an expert on something that has absolutely nothing to do with what’s being asked. Maybe just don’t do that.

True.

Here is your report:

Same thing it’s happening to me multiple times. Got off the phone with my phone carrier which is AT&T and it appears as someone has infiltrated my carrier service. They have access to everything, my Facebook, Google, Instagram, literally everything. I’m sorry it’s all I can tell you but it appears someone is doing it to you too. Additionally I change my phone name and that is not it

There’s yet been no direct evidence here of a device hack, no indication of how your report is related to this:

iPhone Hacked

What is CPU OS 14_4 like Mac OS X?

Absent some specific aberrant behaviors and there’s been no details of those posted here as yet, actual iPhone hack are likely only going to show in a forensics evaluation, and most folks aren’t inclined to pay for a forensics investigation. Those investigations aren’t cheap, either. And they require physical device access and passwords, something which isn’t going to be available here.

In what you are reporting here—which can decidedly be a pain to deal with—problems with password exposures, and maybe with hardware issues or signal coverage, maybe a carrier security problem, can also fully explain what has been reported so far.

And problems with passwords including phishing and re-used passwords are how most folks get caught up with “hacks”. I’ve gotten caught by that.

Some other folks do get caught by carrier security lapses; where a carrier provides access to your telephone number to miscreants. Or where SMS two-factor gets intercepted or gets phished.

If you are a target worth the substantial cost of the tooling involved in breaching an iPhone, or are worth the effort of phishing your credentials, or phishing or otherwise gaining access to your carrier, or if you are using SMS two-factor, then you’re still going to need more specialized help, and you’ll need more knowledge of the exploits and the risks of electronic devices and communications, and of resolving the breach. Which is part of what i’ve been linking to, too. And remediation still involves resetting passwords and reviewing security.

As correctly stated in another reply here, details—specific details—matter.

What the symptoms are, what you’ve already tried, what security measures have you established, security is work.

Ok I see what you mean, and I apologize for being snappy. It’s very possible the two things are totally unrelated, but seeing as nobody can explain to me why that message is appearing it’s still a matter of some concern. I hope I’m just being paranoid and it’s completely unrelated to the breach that the other poster is experiencing.

Boardgoosen wrote:

Ok I see what you mean, and I apologize for being snappy. It’s very possible the two things are totally unrelated, but seeing as nobody can explain to me why that message is appearing it’s still a matter of some concern. I hope I’m just being paranoid and it’s completely unrelated to the breach that the other poster is experiencing.

What message? A diagnostic or error message, an iMessage or mail message, etc.?

What I’m also suggesting here is to channel some of that paranoia into recognition, understanding, and working to remediate the sorts of threats that we actually face—most of us, that is—rather assuming what amounts to deus ex machina; “a hack”. Do iPhone hacks happen? Absolutely. Watching the forums around here, way more folks get bagged by weak or breached or re-used passwords, phishing and spear-phishing, scam emails, the many lies that pop-ups and other advertisements tell, calendar spam, scam phone calls and many with spoofed caller info, and related schemes designed to separate us from out money or our data or our access. Channeling these (reasonable!) concerns into upgrading your own security.

Speaking for myself it has nothing to do with the location, but the fact that the name of the device referenced by Google has changed. As far as I can gather, it’s just the user agent of the browser being used that is showing up differently than in the past and likely doesn’t indicate anything suspicious. Unfortunately, I can’t confirm this with Google because it’s impossible to actually speak to someone there, but if I do I’ll post again to confirm.

Apple Safari, Google Chrome, and likely other web browsers are all obfuscating browser identity in recent releases, and vendors with web apps that are trying to identify the specific device are having more trouble with that.

Bubbles253 wrote:

This is happening to me to I don’t know what to do!!

Could you explain what is happening to you?

Please be specific about what you have encountered, and what you have tried, and what then happened.

We are awash in scam messages and scam pop-ups and scam telephone calls, too.

giacoco wrote:

When a two-step verification, like Google, gives you a description of the device and location.

It used to be ‘Iphone 11’ or something as simple. I get that it’s the user agent, same result in Safari and Chrome though.

I just noticed it and figured maybe i’m hacked?

Expected and normal. Apple Safari, Google Chrome, and likely other web browsers are all obfuscating browser identity in recent releases (to make tracking harder), and vendors with web apps that are trying to identify the specific device are encountering these changes (whether trying to track users, or while posting these access-related diagnostics).

It showed a different location a t first too but that could be my ISP.

Expected and normal. More precise geolocation costs more money for the ISP to implement and maintain, and that more precise tracking increases the hazards to ISP network users including violent exes, thefts, stalking, and other and potentially worse risks. An IP address is best assumed to be correct if it is geolocated within the same country.

When you visit a website your browser sends an info string to the browser that includes your IP address (so the site can find you), the location of your Internet connection, and a description of the device so the site knows how to format the page. That’s what CPU iPhone OS 14_4_2 like Mac OS X means; it’s the information the browser needs to format the reply. It’s saying that the server can use the same settings it would use for Mac OS X, and it is giving the iOS version because that can also affect the formatting or security requirements.

How did you manage? Because I have the same problem rn so what should I do?

Hey this is happening to me also and I’m having a hard time even getting my cell service to understand the problem. Can you give me any insight on what happened?

It’s like you keep failing to understand the post and then acting as if you’re an expert on something that has absolutely nothing to do with what’s being asked. Maybe just don’t do that.

This is happening to me to I don’t know what to do!!

Yes the same thing appeared on my phone to do what’s ur response to me and I speak English that’s also my native language

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So I found out its completely normal, nothing wrong here. Just Apple masking your device for the browser, you can remain calm.

I have the same exact message come up online I took a screenshot of it so I can show someone because it makes no sense and I do believe it has something to do with hacking