Could my Apple Watch series 9 be hacked?

I’ve never had this happen, and it’s made me quite uneasy. Tonight, while wearing my Apple Watch, I felt a bunch of haptic feedback. When I looked at the watch face, it was on the passcode screen and numbers were being typed very quickly, without touching the screen. Almost like someone was trying to hack the watch. I kept trying to turn it off, but couldn’t get to the screen to power off as it was attempting passcodes and ended up calling my husband. Eventually I was able to get to the screen to power off, but it was extremely difficult and ended up sending out an SOS in the meantime. I got the watch to power off, and ended up resetting it and restoring from a backup.

I’ve had Apple Watches before and this has never happened.

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Posted on Feb 1, 2024 4:22 PM

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Posted on Feb 16, 2024 1:13 AM

There was a problem with the latest update that affected some people and the watch seems to randomly enter passcodes

Reboot the watch

Anyone who has a locked watch as a result: should Put Apple Watch on its charger.

Press and hold the side button until you see the screen with the power button in the upper-right corner, then let go of the side button. If your Apple Watch has an earlier version of watchOS, you see the Power Off slider instead of the power button.

Press and hold the Digital Crown until you see the red Reset button.

Tap Reset, then tap Reset again to confirm.

After Apple Watch unpairs completely, you can pair again. Remember that you'll need the Apple ID and password that were used to set up the watch.

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