Alex53135

Q: My iMessage has been hacked

I went into the messages app on my computer recently and found out that more than 20 messages had been sent. The messages were all to Chinese numbers, and the messages in Chinese. Screen Shot 2016-03-07 at 23.36.11.png

 

Has anyone experienced the same? is my account hacked?

MacBook Air, OS X El Capitan (10.11.3)

Posted on Mar 7, 2016 2:39 PM

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  • by iZian,

    iZian iZian Oct 11, 2016 12:51 PM in response to neko217
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    Oct 11, 2016 12:51 PM in response to neko217

    When you changed your password, did you do it on a browser or on an iDevice?

    WHen I changed my password on my iPhone, it asked me if I wanted to sign out all devices or not. When we did this in the browser the same question was not asked. I wonder if the website logs out all devices or not.

  • by plan808,

    plan808 plan808 Oct 11, 2016 3:59 PM in response to Alex53135
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    Oct 11, 2016 3:59 PM in response to Alex53135

    Just wondering if this has anything to do with the Yahoo! breach recently?  My Yahoo! password had changed since 2014, but I didn't realize I had the same user name/password combination from 2014 on my Apple account and I think that is how they breached my account.  Makes me wonder what information they took while they were in my account.  I talked to iTunes and nothing was purchased, but I've been up all night going through iPhotos for anything compromising (passwords) and changing all the passwords on the apps that are on my iPod Touch in case they try to use that winning combo again.

  • by Courtney3285,

    Courtney3285 Courtney3285 Oct 12, 2016 6:08 PM in response to Alex53135
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    Oct 12, 2016 6:08 PM in response to Alex53135

    This just happened to my phone.. same text message.. I just changed my password and checked my devices on apple id accout page and  nothing else was added except my phone but I'm freaking out!!

  • by liquidcouragebaby,

    liquidcouragebaby liquidcouragebaby Oct 13, 2016 8:06 AM in response to Alex53135
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    Oct 13, 2016 8:06 AM in response to Alex53135

    This happened to me last night.  41 Imessages sent from my phone to Chinese numbers with Chinese messages.  I have checked my Apple ID and there are no other devices signed in.  I have changed my password.  Please let me know if there are any updates to this issue.

     

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  • by BigChris618,

    BigChris618 BigChris618 Oct 13, 2016 12:22 PM in response to neko217
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    Oct 13, 2016 12:22 PM in response to neko217

    Exactly the same thing happened to me 2 days ago.  Same "iMac14,2" and everything.  I changed password, re-signed into all devices, got locked out somehow, changed again, signed in again and all has been good since.

     

    I'm keeping an eye out for any charges or purchases but haven't seen anything yet.

  • by neikawhat,

    neikawhat neikawhat Oct 14, 2016 8:45 AM in response to Alex53135
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    Oct 14, 2016 8:45 AM in response to Alex53135

    Same thing happened to me last night too. I noticed while I was texting that my phone was sending messages on its own about every minute. I changed my Apple ID and password. I changed my security questions and the messages stopped. I called Apple about it and they said that's all I could do and to keep an eye out for any iTunes charges. They said to call back if purchases were made. I somehow got locked out though and had to change my password again. So I'm hoping this doesn't keep happening. Glad it wasn't just me though. IMG_2582.PNG

  • by tiggz23,

    tiggz23 tiggz23 Oct 16, 2016 2:08 PM in response to Alex53135
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    Oct 16, 2016 2:08 PM in response to Alex53135

    The same thing happened to me last night, i woke up to 2 emails from Apple saying my ID had been used.  The first one was used to access iMessage from an iMac 27" named iMac 11,3 and the second was was used to access icloud via a web browser in windows.  I immediately changed my password then went into iMessage and found 50 or so Chinese conversations.

     

    I went to try and delete these then my ipad froz up and I had to try and get it to reboot, I found that my apple account had been locked so I had to reset my password and updated my security questions while I was at it.  I have now deleted all the chinese and checked to see if all my accounts had been compromised although I doesn't appear to have been.  I guess the only issue would be my details on my account DOB, name, CC etc if that section of the account was accessed.  I logged onto iCloud for windows and it still looks empty and can't see any other devices listed using my account.

     

    It is good to know I am not the only one that has encountered these weird convos.

     

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  • by plan808,

    plan808 plan808 Oct 18, 2016 12:56 AM in response to Alex53135
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    Oct 18, 2016 12:56 AM in response to Alex53135

    Check your phone bills- it looks like my phone bill is 3x the normal.  I can't get in to see the statement right now, but it should not be what my credit card statement says it is.

  • by iZian,

    iZian iZian Oct 18, 2016 1:20 AM in response to plan808
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    Oct 18, 2016 1:20 AM in response to plan808

    Uuseful to know if this is data or SMS usage. And if the latter; do you have "Send as SMS" turned on in message settings? If you have rogue messages on your device; were any of them green and not blue when you go into the convo?

  • by iZian,

    iZian iZian Oct 18, 2016 4:47 AM in response to Ralph Johns (UK)
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    Oct 18, 2016 4:47 AM in response to Ralph Johns (UK)

    So; this morning my sister's fiancé has had this happen to his Apple ID. Different to my fiancée where no Apple ID was used somehow, her fiancé had his Apple ID actually signed in on another device.

    Comparing our partner choices; they both have MS/XB Live accounts. They both have Apple ID accounts. They've both ordered from Apple store. That's it for those emails and passwords. No phishing emails to speak of. He did not have 2FA.

  • by iZian,

    iZian iZian Oct 18, 2016 5:57 AM in response to iZian
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    Oct 18, 2016 5:57 AM in response to iZian

    For anyone still listening also; just after writing my last update; where my sister's finacé was apparently hacked; she had an access prompt on her 2 factor auth requesting for login... Interestingly; the location of this device was in the UK; not far from where she has listed as her home address... She doesn't live there anymore. She didn't leave behind her iPad or anything lol.

    I think maybe this was an attempt to hack by someone who has details from her and her finacé by some shared service. They tried her afterwards; she is alphabetically after him? And maybe they're using a VPN to appear to Apple as if they are in the country of the person's account so that this doesn't flag up suspicious activity.

    Also; I live nearby to where this attempt was apparently made; and I know that pretty much all ISPs here have their IP addresses geolocated to London.

    So this request was from a VPN or a business line I think. But there's no IP shown on the request.

    We might contact apple but level 1 support usually not helpful

  • by DanMcNulty,

    DanMcNulty DanMcNulty Oct 19, 2016 12:41 AM in response to Alex53135
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    Oct 19, 2016 12:41 AM in response to Alex53135

    I think I can add some value here. I done some investigating lately for a good friend of mine regarding this attack, and I believe it's related to a major data breach a few years ago.

     

    Here's my write-up of it: http://breakpointweb.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/infosec-recent-imessage-hack-chinese .html

  • by vaness-urgh,

    vaness-urgh vaness-urgh Oct 19, 2016 2:31 AM in response to Alex53135
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    Oct 19, 2016 2:31 AM in response to Alex53135

    A similar thing just happened to me. Thankfully, I don't have an iPhone and am using an android, but I use iMessage on my macbook.

    Just got the emails and changed my password before any outgoing messages on iMessage were sent, but now I can't send anything on iMessage myself.

     

    Does anyone have a solution for this, other than not using iMessage?

  • by iZian,

    iZian iZian Oct 19, 2016 2:53 AM in response to DanMcNulty
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    Oct 19, 2016 2:53 AM in response to DanMcNulty

    Nice thoughts; Sister's fiancee definitely MySpace and definitely same password.

    Sister had different password; but her 2FA just stopped an attempt; so not confirmed it was a proper attack.

    So can confirm on the actualy hacked account from my family that they were MySpace and same password

  • by perr_mike,

    perr_mike perr_mike Oct 19, 2016 2:59 AM in response to iZian
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    Oct 19, 2016 2:59 AM in response to iZian

    Nice idea, but I've never used myspace!  There must be more than one hack involved.

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