Apple ID consistently being locked

Every 8 to 10 days my apple ID keeps getting locked. Is there any way I can stop this or find out why it keeps getting locked?

I thought maybe that this has something to do with my different host names, as I log in to the apple store with my phone, at home and at work. I do use the same ISP here in Macau (CTM), so the hostname isn't too different and sometimes I do use a VPN thats located back in the states, but in the past week I have not used the VPN at all and I still ended up with a locked account.

Any info about how/why this keeps getting locked would be greatly appreciated. This is something that's been happening since the beginning of May and I'm already quite annoyed with it.

Thanks!

iPhone 4, iOS 4.3.2

Posted on Jun 27, 2011 10:52 PM

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AMcFun

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Posted on Sep 15, 2016 12:38 PM

I recently had this exact problem. In one week I was locked out and forced to reset my Apple ID password 5 times. If you have accounts like twitter/LinkedIN/Facebook etc. that are connected with the appleID email in someway and these accounts are on your mobile device or a device that is set up to auto-login you need to uninstall then re-instal them on your mobile device with the correct password. Otherwise the device will keep attempting to login with the wrong password and this will continuously cause your appleID account to be locked. Unfortunately there is no way for apple to tell you which one of these accounts or where the failed login attempts are coming from. I solved my issue by uninstalling any account I thought could be connected to my @me.com email from my mobile device and I haven't had an issue with being locked out for the last 3weeks.

Hope this helps

Alex

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Aug 16, 2017 7:00 PM in response to therealeetheart

Could be that someone is trying to hack your account by guessing passwords.

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