![]() However, it acknowledged that criminals sometimes befriend people on nights out to win their confidence, highlighting an investigation that led to thieves lifting £157,000 worth of items. “Unfortunately, if this happens on a night out or when the victim is unaware of the theft, the criminals get a huge head start.”Ĭity of London Police told us it had no examples of crimes specifically linked to passcodes. “Once a criminal has the passcode to a phone, it is a race against time before they empty the victim’s digital life,” Jake Moore, ESET’s Global Cybersecurity Advisor, tells The Standard. If a criminal notes the number, they can make a note of it, grab your phone and log in as you - which is exactly what happened to Aras.Īlternatively, there are reports of some criminals befriending people on nights out and engineering a way to get the victim to type in their passcode (restarting the phone, for example, requires you to type it in.) As criminals often work in groups, you may even be covertly filmed as you type in the code. The logo in the window of the Apple Store in Regent Street, London / PA ArchiveĪs iPhone users will know, even with Face ID and Touch ID enabled, you are sometimes required to type in the passcode as additional security if you haven’t logged in for a while. New West End Company BRANDPOST | PAID CONTENT.
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