Can the iPhone5 be hacked remotely by a hacker?

Granted my niece stole my phone and did some physical damage but the real problem didn't even begin until I had the phone back in my possession. Once someone has your MAC address they can hack your email remotely from any location. This has been going on since 2013 and the detectives were just able to obtain the warrants in 2016. She jailbroke my phone and then REMOTELY hacked my email by using all the information she already knew combined with what she was able to gather from my various online accounts. She was also able to hack into my wifi through Comcast by logging into the gateway. I'm not as savvy as some of you are about this technical stuff but she was developing apps that were having me redirect to a bogus sight where i would enter personal information and she would get it that way. She was also able to create 4 new Apple ID's in my name. Shouldn't Apple have some sort of check system when there is so much activity in one person's name? Then when I contacted Apple to try and have them closed and deleted I was told Apple wouldnt be able to do that because I couldnt verify the information associated with those accounts. I really think Apple should stop trying to market the fact they are so "secure" because that is a half-truth. Apple nor Android is secure as far as I'm concerned because I've had both...plus a windows phone and they were all hacked. I've gone through free security services as well as paid and found none are 100% hack-proof. Lets just say Lifelock owes me quite a settlement!!!

A Mac address does not give access to an email account, your entire post is very hard to believe. It's easier to believe that your ex knew the passwords already. If the FBI can not 'hack' an iPhone I find it very hard to believe that your ex can.

Crushoncorey wrote:

Once someone has your MAC address they can hack your email remotely from any location.

That's nonsense. If it were true everyone in the world would be hacked. Your phone sends your MAC address to every WiFi network that you come near, whether you connect to it or not.

Crushoncorey wrote:

Shouldn't Apple have some sort of check system when there is so much activity in one person's name? Then when I contacted Apple to try and have them closed and deleted I was told Apple wouldnt be able to do that because I couldnt verify the information associated with those accounts. I really think Apple should stop trying to market the fact they are so "secure" because that is a half-truth. Apple nor Android is secure as far as I'm concerned because I've had both...plus a windows phone and they were all hacked. I've gone through free security services as well as paid and found none are 100% hack-proof. Lets just say Lifelock owes me quite a settlement!!!

Nothing you describe is the result of anything Apple did or didn't do and says nothing about the security of iOS devices. The problem here is that someone got physical access to your phone, which, I'm guessing didn't have a passcode on it and didn't have Find My iPhone enabled. If those two Apple provided security features had been in place (which is your responsibility), your niece could have done nothing with the phone.

Apple IDs are tied to an email address. If your niece created email addresses and then used them to create and Apple ID, that really has nothing to do with you. Unless she also stole your credit card information, those IDs can't do much to hurt you. To secure your own Apple ID, enable two-factor authentication.

Apple is also not responsible for your niece's phishing attacks where she tricked you into giving out personal information. That doesn't even require a computer. People have been doing things like that over the phone and by post for years. It just takes longer.

All cars come with the ability to lock the doors. No care manufacturer requires that you actually lock those doors. If you don't and someone steals things from your car or steals your car, it's not the responsibility of the car manufacturer. Apple provides lots of really great security features. But, they don't force you to use them. That's up to you.

It sounds like you've had a very frustrating experience. And, it's good that you seem to be taking the first steps to educate yourself. But, please, pay attention to the people here rather than jumping to conclusions about how things happened.

I have found so much since researching myself. My photos shared on facebooknow for instance by the hacker though removed by Facebook went to Google and we're on the Internet. Eventually on Facebook advice I got Google to remove them. There is no such thing as privacy anymore.Your systems on your phone Google Play store data and it ends up an easy target for hackers. Any application you download train line your bus ticket application maps gives your location. Just your weather app gives out your location to the right hacker.

Madmax64 wrote:

I have found so much since researching myself. My photos shared on facebooknow for instance by the hacker though removed by Facebook went to Google and we're on the Internet. Eventually on Facebook advice I got Google to remove them. There is no such thing as privacy anymore.Your systems on your phone Google Play store data and it ends up an easy target for hackers. Any application you download train line your bus ticket application maps gives your location. Just your weather app gives out your location to the right hacker.

Nothing says you have to use any Google product. No Google apps come installed on iPhones, iPads or Macs. You don't have to use Gmail. I'd advice against Facebook on general principle but, if you take the time to properly set your privacy settings, it's just a great time suck rather than actually dangerous.

And no, an unjailbroken iPhone still can't be hacked remotely if it has the latest software updates.

As always, you are responsible for your own security. Apple provides great tools. Use them.

Everyone seems to think an iPhone can not be hacked, that’s total bs, mind was hacked, and no one knows the answer to the question, every time I would call Apple or go there he logs off of his watch, but I went to my cell phone carrier and his watch was logged on, now I need more proof, Apple doesn’t have an answer to this, I have my own account, never shared anything with this man, he is a complete stalker who keeps breaking into my phone, he remotely does it from his Apple Watch, I’ve changed my Apple ID, he is getting in some how and he doesn’t have to be close with his watch, stop thinking it’s IMPOSSIBLE... it’s not!

It didn't happen. Plain and simple. Someone may have gained access to her PC, but not her phone. I'd like to know what evidence she has of this.

If the phone isn't jailbroken, it wasn't hacked. She needs to consider another explanation for what she's seeing.

Yes, iPhone is quite easy to hack.

Apple should close this down in the next release of iOS.

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Pretty sure mine was today

Your diamonds and your hayday farm, whatever that is, do not live on your phone. They are on a server somewhere used by the game. That might get hacked.

The answer is universal: change your password.

They're alive??! *snickering*

No need to be snippy with the tech challenged. I've had this phone for two weeks and I have to lock my entire life like Fort Knox.

Snicker away. My advice was at all snippy. Your iPhone is probably the most secure device you own. Feel free to continue with you own tech challenged paranoia.