Apple iPhone users Alert: Criminals can steal your personal information; check details

Apple iPhone is usually considered to be a more secure and safe device when compared to those based on Android. However, there’s a low-tech trick that can help thieves access target users’ phones and their digital lives. Apple iPhone users Alert: Criminals can steal your personal information; check details.

According to the report, the passcode in iPhones is now giving thieves easy access to the data of users. Passcode helps users unlock their Apple devices. The Wall Street Journal reports that criminals use a remarkable low-tech approach to see iPhone users tapping their passcodes before making off with the devices and the victims’ digital belongings.

After having her iPhone 13 Pro Max stolen from a bar in Midtown Manhattan, a senior economist at a workforce intelligence firm lost all of her images, contacts, and notes in less than 24 hours. “With only the iPhone and its passcode, an interloper can within seconds change the password associated with the iPhone owner’s Apple ID,” said the report.

If this happens, the victim will lose access to their iCloud account, as well as anything else they have stored there. “The thief can also often loot the phone’s financial apps since the passcode can unlock access to all the device’s stored passwords,” it added. When the new password has been set, the programme may be configured to sign out the victim’s Apple account from any other computer or mobile device using the same Apple ID.

When creating a new password with Apple applications, the previous password is never requested. The new passcode will allow the thief to deactivate Find My iPhone. To make matters worse, turning off Find My iPhone lets the burglar sell the device again. “We sympathise with users who have had this experience and we take all attacks on our users very seriously, no matter how rare,” the spokesperson was quoted as saying.

“We will continue to advance the protections to help keep user accounts secure.” Nearly all of the victims had their iPhones stolen while they were out at night socialising at public places, pubs and bars. Apple accounts were locked in all cases for iPhone owners.

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“They then discovered thousands of dollars in financial thefts, including some combination of Apple Pay charges, drained bank accounts linked to phone apps and money taken from PayPal’s Venmo and other money-sending apps,” the report elaborated.