How did someone use my Apple ID ?
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I was emailed by Apple that someone with a strange username had signed into my account with an ipod (which I do not own) and that they were suspicious that it was fraudulent. It was so I went to my account (not via the email just incase) and changed my password. But my main concern is how did someone else get my email, and more importantly my password to sign into my account ? I checked the email was legit which it was as they addressed it to my name, not just "dear customer" or something like these scams use.
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Could it be a family member ? Home sharing ?0
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Ask Apple for more info.0
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No family member, just me.0
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have you mentioned the ID to anyone or send it to anyone through email0
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I suspect the Apple email was a phishing attempt, you'd need to look at the trace of where it came from.0
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A very common way any id and password gets compromised is through phishing. You seem to be aware of the risk now but could you have been careless in the past? Or this one could still be a scam even with your name included - https://www.theguardian.com/money/2016/apr/23/iphone-ipad-icloud-scam-storage-login
Carefully checking where anylogin link from it would take you would be instructive.
Another possibility if you used the same user/password combination in more than one place is that a site you've used has been hacked and your details sold. https://haveibeenpwned.com/ lists many known security breaches.
Finally and least likely imo is that you have a key logger lurking on one of your machiches so a Malwarebytes scan wwouldn't go amiss.0 -
Either this:I suspect the Apple email was a phishing attempt, you'd need to look at the trace of where it came from.
or thissomeone with a strange username had signed into my account
*Attempted to*. Read the email carefully again. If that's the case, I could guess john.smith@hotmail.com and *attempt to* sign into his account. You did right by not clicking any links in the email of course.0 -
kwikbreaks wrote: »A very common way any id and password gets compromised is through phishing. You seem to be aware of the risk now but could you have been careless in the past? Or this one could still be a scam even with your name included - https://www.theguardian.com/money/2016/apr/23/iphone-ipad-icloud-scam-storage-login
Carefully checking where anylogin link from it would take you would be instructive.
Another possibility if you used the same user/password combination in more than one place is that a site you've used has been hacked and your details sold. https://haveibeenpwned.com/ lists many known security breaches.
Finally and least likely imo is that you have a key logger lurking on one of your machiches so a Malwarebytes scan wwouldn't go amiss.
No, I never follow links from emails as very aware of phishing.
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Was the apple email real? I have seen a lot of convincing looking phishing emails from Apple/iTunes before saying someone's bought something. The email looks very convincing, I think it even had my name (my name is also in my email, so easy to know!)
If it's real, then there are many ways people to get into your account - your computer's been compromised or a company's computer with your information on has been compromised (which has happened a lot recently!) and as others have said, if you use the same username/password combo, then someone's chanced it to see if it works.0 -
I would say it was a phishing email and if OP followed a link to change their account details, then they've fallen for it.“I may not agree with you, but I will defend to the death your right to make an a** of yourself.”
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