My iPhone has been comprimised

I overheard my upstairs neighbours on Saturday night, boasting to their friends that they compromised my android phone and they can see all my messages and they’ve made it quite clear that they’ve compromised my iPhone. What shall I do?


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Posted on May 16, 2023 10:50 AM

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Posted on May 16, 2023 11:06 AM

It very much sounds as if your upstairs neighbors know you listen to them and they are jerking your chain.


Unless your phone has been jailbroken, or your neighbors have had access to it while it was left unlocked for a signification length of time or your neighbors have hundreds of thousands of dollars lying around and have decided the best way to spend it is by hacking your phone, your phone as not been compromised.


Could your Apple ID have been compromise? Perhaps.


See here:


If you think your Apple ID has been compromised - Apple Support


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May 16, 2023 11:06 AM in response to Longnight7

It very much sounds as if your upstairs neighbors know you listen to them and they are jerking your chain.


Unless your phone has been jailbroken, or your neighbors have had access to it while it was left unlocked for a signification length of time or your neighbors have hundreds of thousands of dollars lying around and have decided the best way to spend it is by hacking your phone, your phone as not been compromised.


Could your Apple ID have been compromise? Perhaps.


See here:


If you think your Apple ID has been compromised - Apple Support


May 20, 2023 4:02 PM in response to Longnight7

At this point, you need to do the following things:

  • Change your Apple ID's password immediately. If you truly believe this iPhone is compromised, use another device to change the password.
  • Stop using this iPhone until you have a chance to take it to your local Apple Store or Apple Authorized Service Provider to have them fully restore the phone to its original factory configuration.
  • Contact your local law enforcement agency and report this to them. Whether or not, you want to further pursue this is totally up to you. Alternately, you can consider relocating if you believe this will continue. Neither of these items are considered technical solutions and you can do whatever you feel necessary in this case ... as we can't help you with these.

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