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I think my iPhone has been hacked

My iPhone is not a 12,8 it has been hacked and I’ve restarted the factory settings, I’ve updated passwords, and I’ve also reached out to Apple numerous times with no avail as my previous devices were stolen in 2020 during Covid-19 please review


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iPhone SE, iOS 16

Posted on Mar 7, 2023 4:56 AM

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Posted on Mar 7, 2023 6:22 AM

What, EXACTLY, are you seeing that makes you believe that is true?

And please don’t reference more analytics logs. They are of no use in determining whether your phone is compromised.


Unless you have jailbroken your phone or allowed someone to do so by giving them your phone, passcode, and credentials, it’s unlikely in the extreme. If you happen to be a high profile activist, journalist, etc. it is possible that you have been targeted by a repressive government, who would have access to the very very expensive tools necessary to do so.

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Mar 7, 2023 6:22 AM in response to Only1SweetZz

What, EXACTLY, are you seeing that makes you believe that is true?

And please don’t reference more analytics logs. They are of no use in determining whether your phone is compromised.


Unless you have jailbroken your phone or allowed someone to do so by giving them your phone, passcode, and credentials, it’s unlikely in the extreme. If you happen to be a high profile activist, journalist, etc. it is possible that you have been targeted by a repressive government, who would have access to the very very expensive tools necessary to do so.

Mar 7, 2023 6:27 AM in response to Only1SweetZz

Actually my iPhones privacy/security has been compromised and I am not here to convince you. I’ve went into Lockdown mode as well. I’m here for solutions.

The solution is to stop listening only to yourself. Otherwise, why would you even bother to post here?


Your phone has not been hacked. It cannot be done remotely - at all. Period.


What does get hacked is a user's account. And that can only be done if someone else guesses, or knows both your Apple ID and password. With that information, they can login to your account as you from any other device and see everything you do. Emails, messages, contacts, etc.


Go to https://appleid.apple.com/


Sign in with your ID and password. Once in, click on the Devices link in the left column. Any device listed you don't recognize is that someone who shouldn't be there.

Mar 7, 2023 6:45 AM in response to KiltedTim

So in 2020 all of my Apple devices and studio equipment (I produce, engineer, & distribute music) was stolen from the place that I was renting in Baltimore. I had contacted Apple and they advised me to turn on the lockdown mode for each device on my current phone to do a factory reset after backing up my information and change my email passwords including the cloud. I moved on with life. My battery over heats, the data spikes on my usage, I’ve received random phishing emails and spam calls, there were attempts for charges to my Amazon, PayPal, Doordash, etc. I went to my service provider as well because of the attached number I don’t know that was added not by me to my phone. I can go on and on with the headache this has been but I just want to end the issues.


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Mar 7, 2023 6:44 AM in response to Only1SweetZz

So in 2020 all of my Apple devices and studio equipment (I produce, engineer, & distribute music) was stolen…

And that's how they got into your account. For some unknown (and very poorly thought out change), Apple changed iOS so that as long as a crook or anyone else can get beyond your 6 digit passcode, they can change the account password without knowing the current one. Once they do that, they have complete control or your account.


Your only option at this point is to completely abandon that account and create a new one.

Mar 9, 2023 6:55 AM in response to Only1SweetZz

It’s not a name, it’s an id in the log (“adamid”) and it’s value is 646100661.


It’s variable or property or peace of data that some AOL engineer thought would be useful when generating analytics.


As others have said, stop looking through the analytics - they will only make sense to whoever wrote the app, and trying to to interpret what it means is really a fools errand.


Since you’ve had hardware stolen, I don’t doubt that you are likely to have issues but you will not find answers in the analytics.

I think my iPhone has been hacked

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