Has anyone else experienced Hacking when upgrading to I16 pro phones. Within days of upgrading my 13 to a 16, my Email accounts were hacked. My wife upgraded from a 14 to a 16pro max on the same day and was also hacked and had unauthorized credit cards opened in her name. she keeps more account info stored in hers. This doesn't sound like a coincidence.
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iPhone 16 Pro, iOS 18
Your phones were not hacked, but it is possible that one or more of your accounts were compromised.
Run Safety Check on each phone.
Safety Check for an iPhone with iOS 16 or later - Apple Support
Bee2Dee2 wrote:
my American airlines advantage account also had the miles stolen also and that was on my phonebut hadn’t been used in over a year. the miles account was taken over the day i got new phone. i think the 16s have an AI or siri vulnerability when shipped and they are not updated with a patch until after your info from your old phone is tranfered via the cloud.
All of which can be explained by a compromised password.
Two-factor authentication reduces the risks to an Apple Account, but password reuse increases the potential damage for other accounts where the password was both re-used and lacking two-factor authentication.
And a trusted device out of your control with a compromised password bypasses all.
iPhone iOS exploits are possible too, but those are targeted and immensely valuable, while compromised passwords are an easier explanation.
A common cause of these could be password re-use, phishing, or a compromised Apple Account password.
If you think your Apple Account has been compromised - Apple Support
Bee2Dee2 wrote:
we had them set up at the verizon store. same guy that did our old phones, and never had a single issue till we got the new phones
So the common denominator here is the "guy" at the Verizon store who set up both your phones for you...
Hmmm...
It remains that your device was not hacked. But it sounds like it's time to change your account passwords and enable two-factor authentication on your accounts.
When you and your wife set up your new phones – did you do that yourselves?
Or did you disclose your account names and passwords to some third party to "set the phones up for you"? If you gave away your passwords, that would be like giving away your house keys – if the person to whom you gave the keys then used that access for bad purposes, no "hacking" would be involved or required.
there are fewer coincidences in the world then you think. if it was just one of us then i would say yes. both of us, no way. she has card info on hers so they applied for a card in her name. I don’t have card info on mine so instead they hacked my email account and tried to blackmail me for $500 in bit coin or they would release my browser history. they had my email account and web mail password. since i didn’t care who saw me looking for parts i didn’t give them anything, but i did call apple and have them go through my phone and then changed my account and password
my American airlines advantage account also had the miles stolen also and that was on my phonebut hadn’t been used in over a year. the miles account was taken over the day i got new phone. i think the 16s have an AI or siri vulnerability when shipped and they are not updated with a patch until after your info from your old phone is tranfered via the cloud.
Your device was not hacked. You are describing a coincidence.
we had them set up at the verizon store. same guy that did our old phones, and never had a single issue till we got the new phones
Why are unauthorized activities happening when I switch to the iPhone 16 Pro?
