An X post links $12,400 in alleged theft to airport USB charging
The thread alleges an iPhone was silently enrolled in device management; Apple's published instructions describe user approval for ordinary profile installation.
By Ryan Merket · Published
Primary source: x.com
Why it matters
The post combines a plausible security precaution with a specific, unverified account of silent iPhone enrollment and theft. Apple's documented profile-installation and USB-access safeguards make the claimed sequence especially important to substantiate before treating it as a demonstrated attack.
An X thread by @leopardracer, posted October 27th, alleges that plugging an iPhone into an airport-seat USB port led to 19 days of surveillance and $12,400 in fraudulent transfers. The account attributes the discovery to Grok analyzing an iPhone backup. The post does not establish that the phone was infected, that the listed data was extracted, or that the transfers were caused by the alleged profile.
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