Posted on Dec 20, 2023
Thief tells how he looted people by hacking iPhones with code trick
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"A 26-year-old thief has revealed the simple passcode trick he used to break into strangers' iPhones and steal hundreds of thousands of dollars from their bank accounts."
Thief tells how he looted people by hacking iPhones with code trick
Posted from dailymail.co.uk
iPhone
Hacking
Crime
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Excellent post. Thank You for sharing this Colonel. I'm glad that I don't own an iPhone anymore. :->
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LTC Eugene Chu
..."Stolen Device Protection is designed to block any thief's attempt to lock out the owner by switching the Apple ID if the effort is made when their iPhone is not in a familiar location, like their home or office.
If the owner, a thief or anyone else tries to change the Apple ID password away from these familiar locations, the device will require the owner's Face ID or Touch ID twice.
After the first biometric scan via Face ID or Touch ID, the setting requires a second scan one hour before changes can be made, preventing the kind of low-risk 'smash and grab' an iPhone thief is most likely to attempt.
Stolen Device Protection will also require two Face ID or Touch ID scans one hour apart if anyone operating the iPhone from a strange location attempts to add or delete a 'recovery key' or change a user's trusted phone number.
Apple's recovery key provides a randomly generated 28-character code to deal with lost access to their Apple ID, which users can then save somewhere safe (whether handwritten, emailed to themselves, memorized or something more creative).
Protecting these features ensures that a thief can't lock you out of everything you have saved to iCloud, including personal photos or important files, which might otherwise be lost forever.
Although the new security update ensures several failsafe measures to prevent a true disaster for Apple's iPhone customers, there are still open vulnerabilities if your phone is stolen.
Any app, email or website access that isn't protected by an additional password or PIN would still be at risk.
That means that, in many cases, any account or login that can be reset by text or email will still be at risk even if Stolen Device Protection is turned on.
Adding to that risk, all the credit cards or services linked to Apple Pay will still work with just a passcode if your Face ID or Touch ID biometrics fail. "...
..."Stolen Device Protection is designed to block any thief's attempt to lock out the owner by switching the Apple ID if the effort is made when their iPhone is not in a familiar location, like their home or office.
If the owner, a thief or anyone else tries to change the Apple ID password away from these familiar locations, the device will require the owner's Face ID or Touch ID twice.
After the first biometric scan via Face ID or Touch ID, the setting requires a second scan one hour before changes can be made, preventing the kind of low-risk 'smash and grab' an iPhone thief is most likely to attempt.
Stolen Device Protection will also require two Face ID or Touch ID scans one hour apart if anyone operating the iPhone from a strange location attempts to add or delete a 'recovery key' or change a user's trusted phone number.
Apple's recovery key provides a randomly generated 28-character code to deal with lost access to their Apple ID, which users can then save somewhere safe (whether handwritten, emailed to themselves, memorized or something more creative).
Protecting these features ensures that a thief can't lock you out of everything you have saved to iCloud, including personal photos or important files, which might otherwise be lost forever.
Although the new security update ensures several failsafe measures to prevent a true disaster for Apple's iPhone customers, there are still open vulnerabilities if your phone is stolen.
Any app, email or website access that isn't protected by an additional password or PIN would still be at risk.
That means that, in many cases, any account or login that can be reset by text or email will still be at risk even if Stolen Device Protection is turned on.
Adding to that risk, all the credit cards or services linked to Apple Pay will still work with just a passcode if your Face ID or Touch ID biometrics fail. "...
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