We Asked Security Experts How To Tell If Your iPhone's Been Hacked

Would you know what to look out for?

Parents editor at HuffPost UK

As of 2025, there were roughly 1.6 billion active iPhone users globally.

And while Apple has made its devices pretty tough to hack, that “doesn’t make them invincible”, according to Kevin Walker, cyber security consultant at Black Swan Cyber Security Solutions.

With cyber security top of mind for a lot of people right now – the last month or so has seen headlines about cyber-security flaws identified in the programming language underpinning a number of websites, as well as retailer hacks, and rising ‘add me on WhatsApp’ and romance scams – we asked experts for the signs that our iPhones might’ve been compromised.

After all, there’s not a day goes by when dodgy emails, messages and even push notifications ask us to click links that may well result in jeopardy.

How can an iPhone be hacked?

iPhones are “pretty difficult to hack, largely because of how tightly [Apple] controls........

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