IPhone security issue. Have you set your Screen time/parental controls to prevent changes to your account?

Just like the Hyundia and Kia security issue that was spread on social media recently, there is a new one that attacks Apple iPhone users. If your phone is stolen and someone has your passcode (screen password) they can lock you out of all of your accounts and permanently lock you out of your icloud storage – pictures, contacts, passwords, location data, find my device, etc. They can get your passcode by watching you enter it or using video to record you. Then if your phone is stolen they can immediately go in and change your Apple ID, password, phone number, and even the 28 digit recovery key to prevent you from wiping your phone and finding it. They can do this in under 20 seconds.
Apple is working on a security patch now, 5/1, but you can prevent this immediately by enabling and setting a Screen time/parental controls password on your own phone to not allowing changes to Account settings without that password.

The slimebags thieves are targeting trusting individuals at bars and tourist sites and offer to take pictures for you. They watch you put in your passcode. If they see you do it, they have a big incentive to steal your phone – and everything else attached to your Apple account. They can run up charges faster than you can stop them. Your iPad, Apple watch, etc become paperweights. And Apple either will not or cannot help you get back into your account.

You can easily do a search for your specific phone to find out how to enable screen time /parental controls and lock out a thief who has stolen your phone and knows your passcode.

Did you do it yet? Have a notebook handy to record the 28 digit recovery key and the 4 digit screen time protection password you just made up to prevent account changes.
Do it now!