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Can the iPhone5 be hacked remotely by a hacker?

I work for a technology company and one of our employees shared an incident about her iPhone5 being hacked remotely. The hacker gained access to her device overnight while her phone was unlocked. The hacker watched her baby monitor video feed from the baby monitoring app (including taking pictures and video from the device), posted about the baby to her FB account, browsed on Safari, including some searches of French books on amazon and Scott Trading sites. When I spoke with the mobile device team, they were not familiar with any iOS security gaps that would allow a hacker to remotely gain control of an iPhone, however, the activities on her device suggest that this is possible.

I found some articles from 2009 regarding a SMS virus that allowed hackers to gain remote access to a device, however, our mobile device team is certain that this gap would be closed by now.

Is anyone familiar with an existing security gap on the iPhone5? What would you recommend would be the next action for her? She is intending to delete her icloud account, change all her passwords and wipe her device.

iPhone 5, iOS 6.1.1

Posted on Mar 19, 2013 1:23 PM

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Lschoend

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Posted on Apr 23, 2016 1:37 PM

I have read all of these comments and the ones that claim your iPhone can't be hacked are delusional. I watched both my and my daughter's iPhones (5 and 5s) operate themselves. No cables were attached. Whoever was controlling the phone was opening apps, trying to download music, etc. and was also able to prevent me from getting to Settings or turn off the phone. I spent 20 minutes playing games and finally had to do a hard reset then quickly erase the phone. Was probably malware from an app that was downloaded, who knows, but to assert that it was a bad cable or anything else is just nonsense. I would rather be informed and alert than lulled into some false sense of security.

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Csound1

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Feb 25, 2018 11:32 AM in response to Kelleyisfromgilbert

Nobody mentioned FOAH at all.

Feb 25, 2018 11:33 AM in response to Kelleyisfromgilbert

In this context: FOAF = "Friend of a friend". In other words an unreliable story.

Feb 25, 2018 11:34 AM in response to Csound1

Sorry I responded to the wrong person, I’m not going to argue with you, I’m looking for an answer that is all.

Feb 25, 2018 11:36 AM in response to stedman1

Ok thank you for clearing that up.

Feb 25, 2018 11:44 AM in response to KiltedTim

I have done that three times, and the two step is on, he keeps getting in and I don’t know how?

John Galt

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Feb 25, 2018 11:48 AM in response to Kelleyisfromgilbert

... I’m looking for an answer that is all.

Then why are you replying to a five year old Discussion about a device that few people are using any more?

KiltedTim

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Feb 25, 2018 11:50 AM in response to Kelleyisfromgilbert

And do you know who "he" is? Does he have physical access to any of your devices? Something isn't adding up here.

Feb 25, 2018 11:53 AM in response to John Galt

You’re still using it, I was looking for answers and stumbled across this discussion so I wrote back telling my story. iPhones are not hack proof.

Feb 25, 2018 12:02 PM in response to KiltedTim

My cell phone carrier explained why my data spiked, so “they” knew what was going on.

Feb 25, 2018 12:17 PM in response to KiltedTim

Ok? Thanks, I got caught up in this one, I will start my own, and post pictures.

Feb 25, 2018 12:19 PM in response to KiltedTim

The police are not really educated on “hacks” , I hate to say that, I have all the pictures, that why I was granted the restraining order, I just now have to prove it’s him.

Feb 25, 2018 2:34 PM in response to Kelleyisfromgilbert

Kelleyisfromgilbert wrote:

The police are not really educated on “hacks” ,

Unless you live in a small town, that's probably not true.

Can the iPhone5 be hacked remotely by a hacker?