Cope with a Hack of Your Apple Account
It’s no fun when someone manages to hijack your account. That can be especially unnerving with an Apple Account, because of how it’s used widely among Apple’s devices, iCloud services, and purchases.
However, Apple has some built-in safeguards to protect your account. Even if someone obtains your password (when 2FA isn’t enabled), you’ll be notified of many kinds of activities, the hacker may be blocked (even if they have the password), and you should be able to reassert control.
Next, I explain Apple’s new safeguard against an Apple Account hack that relies on theft of your iPhone and its passcode, but one that comes with lots of provisos.
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