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icloud security breach - keep getting "subscribed to “ap ua gosd”" type messages

So, my icloud account was hacked yesterday.


I received the email"Your Apple ID (XXX ) was used to sign in to iCloud on an iPhone 5s."


I don't own an iPhone and never sign in the the iCloud.


So, I logged in to my account on my mac, and could see a couple of connected devices that weren't mine.


I removed these accounts, immediately changed my password and set up 2-step verification.


However, now I keep getting emails that saying that invitations to a shared album have been accepted.

This is an album that I hadn't created.

For example:

"**** subscribed to “ap ua gosd”The invitation sent to **** was accepted by ****@qq.com.

If you did not intend to invite this person, you can remove them from your shared album."


However, I cannot see this shared album anywhere, when I log in to my icloud account.


Should I be alarmed by these emails, and is there anywhere else that this newly created album (presumably created by the hackers) could be stored?


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Posted on Aug 23, 2022 8:44 AM

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Aug 23, 2022 9:12 AM in response to sylvien

Your apple id address is still known to them , you have changed Apple ID password and set up 2FA .

The other devices that were synced from iCloud.com have been removed .

Still they can send a shared album ( their iPhone / Mac / iPad are signed in with different Apple ID and password , might be on the different network ) that will be visible in photo application of Mac and never from iCloud.com

A mail is always received when photo albums are shared in mail application ( IMAP account ) see the article Share iPhone photos with Shared Albums in iCloud - Apple Support

Don't accept the invitation and click on the link , they can't grab your account credentials , however Apple ID will be always known to them .


icloud security breach - keep getting "subscribed to “ap ua gosd”" type messages

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