I believe my phone is compromised

krystalyn113 wrote:

has any apple phone been compromised before???

Only those whose owners have deliberately disabled all security protections, known as jailbreaking. Both iOS and Android are more bulletproof than ever. Yes, there is software out there that can get into your iPhone but it is so expensive and complicated to use that only governments can afford it, not your everyday hacker. So unless you are of interest to a government (activist, protester, journalist, dissident, political enemy) there is almost no possibility your iPhone has been compromised.

So ask yourself why someone would want to compromise your iPhone. Hackers today are nothing like the kids who want to play games with you, prank you, mess with you just for giggles. They want your money and/or bank account, credit card data. So strange actions or screen wonkiness are not signs of being hacked.

• Accounts can be compromised and people mistakenly believe it is their phone. For example, if your account is using iCloud Photos someone with your account credentials can delete/add photos and that change will be reflected on your phone where people think it is their phone that is compromised. No access to your phone is needed to do that and your phone is not compromised.
• Older phones could be jailbroken by the user and that will remove security protections which could certainly lead to the phone being compromised. That is a willful action by the user.
• If you are a high ranking government official or person holding trade secrets, you may be susceptible to mercenary spyware costing up to $1 million dollars per device, but of course you are also probably also being wiretapped through your cellular provider and even physically being followed/monitored. Apple can detect the spyware on your device and provide you a notification, but that would only be relevant to your device, not for any of the other monitoring.

About Apple threat notifications and protecting against mercenary spyware - Apple Support

If you believe your phone has been compromised, it is best to describe what you are seeing if you are looking for any assistance here.

Please give evidence that supports your suspicion, eg falling for a scam, signing into someone else's account, etc

iphones. can only be compromised if you give your passwords away or allow someone else physical access.

, If you think your Apple Account has been compromised - Apple Support

Why do you think your iPhone is compromised?