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User profile for user: Momovsky
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Malicious use of old iPhone

About a year ago my old iPhone SE (1st gen) stopped working, battery completely died. I did not have a chance to do factory reset on it, and I just brought phone back to some electronics store, thinking that they will resell it after changing battery and doing factory reset themselves.

However, to my unpleasant surprise today I found that said iPhone SE is currently still linked to my Apple ID. It was there on https://appleid.apple.com/account/manage/section/devices . And with the NEW number which is not mine. As far as I understand how things work, that does mean that somebody is using my old phone with my apple ID but with new SIM card.

The question is simple: how bad it could get and what can I do now to secure my data, including data that was stored on the phone?

Posted on Dec 27, 2021 4:32 PM

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User profile for user: muguy
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Posted on Dec 27, 2021 4:47 PM

I'd follow these steps: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201351


As of now, it's likely the user has access to anything stored on the iPad as you did not wipe it or remove it from your account. If you had a passcode on the device, it's unlikely anyone was able to access it. And, at some point, their device will be activation locked.

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muguy
User level: Level 10
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Dec 27, 2021 4:47 PM in response to Momovsky

I'd follow these steps: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201351


As of now, it's likely the user has access to anything stored on the iPad as you did not wipe it or remove it from your account. If you had a passcode on the device, it's unlikely anyone was able to access it. And, at some point, their device will be activation locked.

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