Has my iPhone 12 been hacked if it wiped itself and my Apple ID info changed?

MrHoffman wrote:

lobsterghost1 wrote:

Clearly people are doing this to themselves, even if they aren't aware they are. I just read about how people are being asked by scammers through TikTok to click on a link to enter their credentials to verify themselves on the platform. Once they do that, they've literally given ownership of their devices to the scammers. And if they don't have the original purchase receipt for the phone, Apple won't do anything to help them.

Or as it’s known in computing jargon, credentials phishing.

And yes, that’s what I’m wondering.

Details of the trigger whether TikTok or otherwise might help others avoid the phishing.

If that is what happened here.

Whether TikTok or something else, these people are being asked to validate their credentials. In doing so, they are scammed out of their devices. Scammers are getting better and better at their evil craft. I received an email from PayPal saying there was an issue with my account. The email address appeared to be from PayPal directly. I still didn't trust it, so went into my account directly and it was indeed a scam. We can trust no one these days.

MrHoffman wrote:

Mac Jim ID wrote:

Yep, sounds like the latest TikTok trend convincing users to sign out of their account, and signing in with a different one. It simply is not the case that they are randomly watching a TikTok video and their device decides to reset on its own.

So that recent TikTok trend that (falsely) claimed entering a divide by zero operation in the calculator app clobbers an Apple Account has been followed by some new TikTok trend that (maliciously?) convinces some of its viewers to clobber their Apple Account themselves?

What does it mean that I’m both skeptical, and believe this entirely possible?

queye: Is this what happened? Something on TikTok suggested changes related to your Apple Account?

Clearly people are doing this to themselves, even if they aren't aware they are. I just read about how people are being asked by scammers through TikTok to click on a link to enter their credentials to verify themselves on the platform. Once they do that, they've literally given ownership of their devices to the scammers. And if they don't have the original purchase receipt for the phone, Apple won't do anything to help them.

Hello. Make sure that your Apple Account was not hacked. To do so, go to account.apple.com,enter your information and hit enter. I believe that someone had hacked your account, as they would first reset your phone using the Find My app and change the Apple Account password. If your Apple Account is hacked, visit this website to see how you could recover your account.

lobsterghost1 wrote:

Clearly people are doing this to themselves, even if they aren't aware they are. I just read about how people are being asked by scammers through TikTok to click on a link to enter their credentials to verify themselves on the platform. Once they do that, they've literally given ownership of their devices to the scammers. And if they don't have the original purchase receipt for the phone, Apple won't do anything to help them.

Or as it’s known in computing jargon, credentials phishing.

And yes, that’s what I’m wondering.

Details of the trigger whether TikTok or otherwise might help others avoid the phishing.

If that is what happened here.

Did you receive a text message which looked real to you asking you to enter your account credentials?

Mac Jim ID wrote:

Yep, sounds like the latest TikTok trend convincing users to sign out of their account, and signing in with a different one. It simply is not the case that they are randomly watching a TikTok video and their device decides to reset on its own.

So that recent TikTok trend that (falsely) claimed entering a divide by zero operation in the calculator app clobbers an Apple Account has been followed by some new TikTok trend that (maliciously?) convinces some of its viewers to clobber their Apple Account themselves?

What does it mean that I’m both skeptical, and believe this entirely possible?

queye: Is this what happened? Something on TikTok suggested changes related to your Apple Account?

Very similar to this, and OP here is also in this thread: How to recover iPhone 12 account after pa… - Apple Community

Yep, sounds like the latest TikTok trend convincing users to sign out of their account, and signing in with a different one. It simply is not the case that they are randomly watching a TikTok video and their device decides to reset on its own.