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User profile for user: rpass
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iOS Messages thread hacked?

Hi,


My daughter’s longstanding one-on-one iOS Messages thread with her best friend suddenly had ten additional unknown (and mostly sequential) telephone numbers added to it, through no action of either my daughter or her friend. More oddly, these ten additional unknown numbers only showed up on her iPhone’s Messages app, but not her iPad app’s view into that same thread.


Any idea how this could happen? It’s unclear to me whether these unknown ten numbers were additionally given access to the entire history of the thread as well. Very concerning. Photo attached.


[Image Edited by Moderator to Remove Personal Information]

Posted on Aug 9, 2021 9:57 PM

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User profile for user: SravanKrA
SravanKrA
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Posted on Aug 10, 2021 12:01 AM

Keep the iPhone updated to the latest iOS always and never Jailbreak. That's it.


iOS / iPadOS devices cannot be hacked or infected with Virus / Malware / Spyware if it is updated to the latest iOS/iPadOS unless you have intentionally downloaded spurious software or unauthorized apps directly from the internet and installed on your device or/and have Jail Broken. 


It (Hacking) also depends on how careful are you in sharing sensitive and valuable information pertaining to your iPhone such as Passcode, Password etc with your friends and family members.


Be careful when sharing the device's sensitive and valuable information with friends and family members.


Thumb Rules:

  1. Enable  Guided Access before handing over an iPhone to kids
  2. Don't share Apple IDs
  3. Don't Jail Break
  4. Don't share sensitive information pertaining to your device and payment methods
  5. Beware of Phishing


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User profile for user: SravanKrA
SravanKrA
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Aug 10, 2021 12:01 AM in response to rpass

Keep the iPhone updated to the latest iOS always and never Jailbreak. That's it.


iOS / iPadOS devices cannot be hacked or infected with Virus / Malware / Spyware if it is updated to the latest iOS/iPadOS unless you have intentionally downloaded spurious software or unauthorized apps directly from the internet and installed on your device or/and have Jail Broken. 


It (Hacking) also depends on how careful are you in sharing sensitive and valuable information pertaining to your iPhone such as Passcode, Password etc with your friends and family members.


Be careful when sharing the device's sensitive and valuable information with friends and family members.


Thumb Rules:

  1. Enable  Guided Access before handing over an iPhone to kids
  2. Don't share Apple IDs
  3. Don't Jail Break
  4. Don't share sensitive information pertaining to your device and payment methods
  5. Beware of Phishing


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iOS Messages thread hacked?

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