Phone hacked after wrong Apple account entry

Entering the wrong Apple ID somewhere wouldn’t hack your phone. Apple accounts don’t give someone remote control of your devices. If they actually sign in to your Apple ID and add their device they could access synced data like photos but you would be able to see their device in your account settings.

If you’re worried, check Settings > [Your Name] then scroll down to see logged in devices. Remove anything you don’t recognize, then change your Apple ID password and make sure 2FA is on. If you want, you can run a security scan with something like certo or mvt, but most likely you're fine.

Boney88 wrote:

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Scam. Not hack. You got scammed.

Out of curiosity, what was the bait used for this scam? What was the claimed benefit of switching to a security-compromised (not yours) Apple Account

Options? Three: gather up your original purchase receipts and request Apple unlock the equipment. Or pay the ransom, if one has been demanded, and if the scammers are able and willing to re-unlock, and assuming you’re not getting scammed by unrelated scammers. Or third, recycle the equipment, as it is and will be useless.

Boney88 wrote:

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Why did you enter someone else's Apple Account into your phone? We see a lot of this coming out of Russia, where someone wants to download something, they can't download and they are offered the ability to get whatever they can't get if you enter a different users account. This is a total scam, and honestly one that was totally avoidable if this is your scenario. But it's also something you cannot recover from. The scammer will likely hold you hostage for a ransom. If you pay it, they'll likely just ask you for even more money. You'll still be out of your phone and money.

Apple cannot help you. We cannot help you. You will most assuredly have to buy a new phone.

Learn from this bad mistake you made. And no, your phone wasn't hacked. You gave the scammer your phone to control.

colinda36 wrote:

My phone is hacked. This is proper hacked.

P.S. – If you logged into a scammer's Apple Account, and they then held your phone for ransom, they didn't hack your phone. They tricked you into compromising your own security – because that was much, much easier than hacking your phone would have been.

If you gave them your Apple ID and password, all of your devices, and all of the data that you have backed up, or synchronized, to iCloud would be at risk. Again, that would not be an example of them hacking your devices, but one of you compromising your own security. If you did this, secure your account immediately.

If you think your Apple Account has been compromised – Apple Support

Recognize and avoid social engineering schemes including phishing messages, phony support calls, and other scams – Apple Support

If you logged into a scammer's Apple Account, and they then put the phone into Lost Mode and demanded that you pay ransom, the phone is probably lost to you.

I do not believe that Apple will remove Activation Lock on phones in Lost Mode, even if you have original proof of purchase from Apple or an Apple Authorized Reseller that would otherwise be acceptable. By logging your phone into the scammer's account, you essentially transferred it (as far as Apple knows) to the scammer …

It would be very unwise to pay the scammers the ransom they are demanding. You might pay the ransom, then have the scammers demand more extortion payments, and in the end, still be left with a useless "brick".

Learn from this experience, and never log into a stranger's Apple Account on any of your future Apple devices – regardless of what "sob story" a stranger might tell you about needing to "borrow" your device, or what "goodies" a stranger might promise you, if only you log into their account.

"Phone hacked after wrong Apple account entry: My phone is hacked. This is proper hacked. My phone, laptop, and iPad and other things too"

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Other's having Access from Incorrect Login:

So, how did you know this person's Apple Account? You you need to have access to their Apple Account, by knowing their Apple Account email address and password.

Modify your Credentials:

Having performed this, someone has your credentials. So, by all means, consider modifying them...

• Modify: your login credentials (Using Both a New eMail and a New Password for each and all sites)
• Associate: a different method of payment to your account
• Enable: Two-Factor Authentication for Apple ID and for all other accounts that have such an applicable option.

Your phone was not hacked. If you put in someone else’s account, only they can unlock the device. You’ve effectively given the phone to them.

Hi!

You should contact Apple Technical Support if you still have the original receipt, but if not, it will be quite difficult to prove that the device belongs to you)

You don't. If you were conned into logging into your phone with someone else's apple account, your phone is now useless. Recycle it and go buy a phone you can use. Apple can't help you.

Show me how to stop it

There is nothing to stop.