Someone was hacking my Apple Watch Ultra2. Mad or what?

watchOS 10.4 released today that states it fixes the “ghost taps” issue. Install it.

Have you updated your watch to watchOS 10.4? This update was specifically released to fix the issues you are experiencing, known as “ghost taps” that makes it look like your watch has a mind of its own.

Please try actually reading previous posts.

This just happened to me too. all of a sudden i could see someone randomly trying passwords on my iwatch and then my watch would lock them out. Tech support was literally no help. The first guy sent me a link to find my watch. I was like it is on my wrist. and then strangely today there is an update for iPhone with a prompt to help secure your iPhone. anyway it was as if a person was remotely trying to access my iwatch. so on my iPhone i mediately unpaired it. which then seemed to reset it. then did the iPhone security update. and repaired my watch and didnt go from backup but instead said it was a new watch and set it up brand new with a LONG password.

Just had this happen to me on my Ultra 2! Watch was on my wrist and unlocked. Various apps were opening and I was having trouble controlling the watch at all. Held both buttons down and powered off. Noticed that WatchOS 10.3 is available and has 2 fixes for security issues with the Apple Neural Engine and the kernel. Updating now and will monitor closely.

Will open a case with Apple Support to see if they might be able to see anything in the logs.

Update! If you do get into a lop of getting locked and getting timed out to re-enter access code after 1 min, 5 mins, 15 mins, 60 mins etc.

1- reset iwatch from your iphone

2- update your iPhone if needed

3 - pair watch again, you be asked if you want to restore from the latest watch which synced with your phone select that watch or clean restore as you please

4- Watch app on you phone will check for updates and likely ask you to update to latest 10.4 I guess finish the update

Watch will function normally after above steps….

disclaimer - please do it at your own risk

Happy timekeeping

Just happened to me. Watch locked on my wrist and I felt the haptics. Looked up and see numbers being entered for passcode. It was rapid succession and thought maybe a bug or somehow my watch was receiving signal from nearby house. Tried to delete entries but it wasn’t responding so immediately went to shutdown. Hard reboot and now no issues. Will see if there is a new watchOS version but this is not great.

Had constant offensive phone calls, firstly from number withheld and then calls from 07594339832 and 07443352310. About 20 minutes later my watch started acting bizarrely, it was trying to reply to the last message I'd received (fortunately it was a no reply number), it also sent a message to the second text asking them to call. It then started trying passcodes. I couldn't get control of my watch even when I turned off the router and put my phone in Airplane mode. I've managed to unpair the watch and on re-pairing it there is a software update. It's been incredibly worrying and I felt incredibly vulnerable as it looked impossible to get control of the watch. I was worried about communicating with it through the phone as I was concerned that whatever was controlling the watch could infect all of my systems. The only way I could get control back is by unpairing the watch through my iPhone. Just gone through the process of re-pairing and updating software. Apple says the software update resolves an issue 'false touches'. This isn't quite as accurate as it should be as 'false touches' don't send texts to people asking them to call. I'm hoping that all of the actions I've taken have divorced my watch and my systems from whatever it is that's been taking control. I'm going to start diversifying my technology as the safety I felt with Apple security is shattered.

Happened to me today. Had to go on airplane mode on both the phone and watch then hard reboot of the watch, holding all three buttons down, and phone. Updating the os on both now.

No need to bring to Apple Store. Hard reboot (Hold all 3 buttons down until Apple Logo appears), and WatchOS software update. I haven't had any issues since.

I had trouble even getting the watch to shut down. I took it off my wrist, thinking that would help, but the remote controlling kept going for another 10-15 seconds before I could shut it down. I waited about 5 minutes before rebooting it, then updated it. I removed all payment methods from the watch. It seems to be working normally now, but I won’t be using it for payments again.

This also just happened to me. Got back from the gym an hour ago, where I paired my watch to the treadmill.

Never seen anything like this before, the watch was bugging out like crazy attempting to brute force guess my passcode.

yeah it happened to me today got a recording of it i was using an S9 on version 10.2, and there was a suspicious character walking around.

https://youtube.com/shorts/AGVClVGccbA

Same on my S9 just now. I noticed there was a weird text message on my phone that I had not opened. I finally got the watch to shut down and am now applying the latest update. I would really like to know if any of my info has been compromised.

Same thing happen on my ultra 2 on 30 Mar night. I am at work and found it become power low , and seems app is non controllable to move. And when I locked the watch, and they try to unlock my watch. Then I remove watch from my iPhone and press 10s second to close the watch. Till today, I still not reopen it. Too scary

I woke up this morning and my brand new Ultra 2 showed the message "Too Many Passcode Attempts Reset Apple Watch and pair again." The thing is I never touched the watch nor made any "passcode attempts". It was on the cradle charging all night. I am still not back into my watch..... What the heck?