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CTOnews.com, February 25 (Xinhua)-- Wall Street Journal reporters Joana Joanna Stern and Nicole Nguyen published an in-depth article today, revealing that thieves will obtain the victim's iPhone password through surveillance before stealing a user's iPhone, in order to control the device and steal data and money after stealing.

Respondents said that most of the stolen or stolen iPhone took place at night, mainly in public places such as bars. These thieves monitor the victim's behavior in advance to obtain the iPhone password so that the victim's Apple ID password can be easily reset in the Settings application after success.

The thief can then turn off find my iPhone on the device to prevent the device owner from tracking its location or remotely erasing the device via iCloud. Thieves can also delete other trusted Apple devices from their account.

Thieves can also change Apple ID's contact information and set a recovery key to prevent the victim from restoring the account.

To make matters worse, if you know the password for iPhone, thieves can use the password stored in iCloud Keychain to use Apple Pay, send Apple Cash, and access banking applications.

Even if Face ID or Touch ID is enabled on iPhone, thieves can simply bypass these authentication methods and provide the option to enter the device password.

In some cases, the report says thieves even opened Apple Card by finding the last four digits of the victim's social security number in photos or photos stored in apps such as Google Drive.

Apple has officially responded, with CTOnews.com translated as follows:

Security researchers agree that the iPhone is the safest consumer mobile device. Every day, Apple strives to improve the security of its devices and protect all customers from threats.

We sympathize with users who have had this experience. No matter how rare the means of attack are, we will attach great importance to them. We will continue to promote protection measures to help ensure the security of user accounts.

Apple did not provide any details about any next steps it might take to improve security.

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