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Since time immemorial, Apple products have been among the safest in the world. Operating system iOS It is so closed that even the American FBI is unable to get into it, and in the past, Applu required the presence of a backdoor – which fortunately did not happen. If you find yourself in a situation where you lose your iPhone, you can simply lock it with your iCloud account and Find function iPhoneBut it seems that various thieves and hackers can handle this too.

According to the portal Motherboard Thieves use two methods to do this, in which they can be incredibly creative. Instead of using brute force, for example, forcing the victim to log out of i immediately after the theft,Cloud account, are trying to rely on more sophisticated methods. These could include using a fake receipt, which costs about 3 crowns, or purchasing a so-called phishing kit, which is specifically designed for beginners in a criminal career and will cost you an average of 500 crowns. In the case of a fake receipt, the thief just needs to go to Apple Store, waving an accounting document and claiming that he forgot his details from iCloud account on which you have previously iPhone locked.

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During the entire period of operation of these criminal procedures, a relatively large community of thieves was created, who share various tips and tricks, mainly through the Telegram application. The editors of the Motherboard portal also got into one group conversation, where every day there is a spread of all kinds of tricks, how with the help of social engineering, i.e. a way of manipulating people in order to achieve a certain goal for their own enrichment, to get almost everything needed to completely unlock iPhones.

Some internet portals even offer access to internal systems Applu, in which you can check the status of the device – whether the Find function is active iPhone and what stage the phone is in (lost, stolen, "clean"). Their price is around 4 crowns. Fortunately, many of these portals are just scams and in reality, the data about the phone isonech is not something that just anyone can get. However, a huge problem can be caused by the aforementioned phishing kits, thanks to which users themselves can accidentally reveal their password directly to the attacker, for example via a fake email. Some attackers even claim that they have gained access to iCloud account after simply consulting online support. It is impossible to determine if these claims are true, as they are only spread through criminal groups.

So as you can see, stealing while locked is no longer the case. iPhone It is not worth it, as it can only be sold for spare parts. The ingenuity of thieves knows no bounds, and with a little skill in creating a fake receipt, they can easily get into it.

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