In the United States, an increase in iPhone smartphone theft has been noticed on the streets – thieves have learned to spy on access codes before stealing a gadget to hack any device and gain instant access to all data. The newspaper writes about it The Wall Street Gazette.
“Thieves watch people enter their passwords in public places like bars before stealing devices, sometimes they get out of hand,” the article says.
WSJ reporter Joanna Stern interviewed one of the victims. According to the victim, the thieves changed her Apple ID password within three minutes of taking her smartphone.
Then they stole thousands of dollars from Apple Pay, opened Apple Card to fraud charges. “He was able to do all this with a single access code,” the victims said. It is noted that thieves often work in groups: one distracts the victim, the other peeps over his shoulder as he enters the password.
There are also cases when criminals try to gain trust from the victim by asking him to unlock the smartphone to save a phone number or social network account. At this point, they peek and remember the access code before stealing the gadget.
Former Reddit forum user saidHe said Apple refused to return his order after the courier stole the iPhone 14 Pro Max and Apple Watch he had bought.