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Iphone hacked. Should I change my iCloud password?

Friends in my contact list have been receiving spam (bogus) email from my contact list. The return address is one I never use (only my iPhone). At this point, should I be changing my iCloud security settings (i.e. password)? Help!

Posted on Mar 20, 2014 7:30 AM

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Posted on Mar 20, 2014 7:37 AM

Your phone was not hacked. Your email was compromised. You should change the password for whatever email address your friends are getting the bogus email from. It's not a bad idea to change your Apple ID password periodically and you shouldn't use the same password for all of your accounts.


Best of luck.

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Iphone hacked. Should I change my iCloud password?

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