How/why is my iPhone being repeatedly hacked

Question

I don't usually post on this sort of thing but this has been annoying me for quite some time now.
I have read countless posts about 'how the iphone cannot be hacked unless the hacker physically possess the phone' but I tend to believe that isnt true after my phone appleid account was hacked ....7 or 8 times? I've actually lost count now.
Over the last 5 months I repeatedly got those 'How to reset your apple ID password' emails which hinted someone was punching in my username and clicking the 'I forgot password' button. But a few times now amongst the many, many "I forgot" emails there is one in the list of unread emails saying 'Your Apple ID password has been reset.'
Its pretty odd cause whoever is hacking me has nothing I can think of to gain - no credit card details and once they hack into my account, I answer security quetions and gain the account back into my own hands (albeit with a new password. I'm starting to run out of password ideas now as you can't use the same one or even similar again).
All the hackings are happening (from the time I get the emails) I'm guessing somewhere in the northern hemisphere due to the fact it always happens about 2-3am local time for me.
Is there anything more I can do to stop this ****wit hacking into my account? I seriously thought this idiot would have given up by now.
And for anyone thinking it -  no he's not guessing my passwords. I've had so many different ones now with uppercase and numbers there's no way anyone could guess them all (or any for that matter!!).
Any help would be appreciated!!

Answer 1

If you are receiving e-mail messages that indicate that someone is trying to reset your Apple ID password, they may be phishing scams. Do not click any links in those e-mail messages, and if you make the mistake of doing so, do not provide your current Apple ID password on the page you are directed to.
Unfortunately, in this case, there's nothing to be done except treat those messages the same way you would any other spam.
The other possibility is that someone is actually trying to reset your Apple ID password. This may be due to a malicious attack, but more likely, it's just someone who thinks your Apple ID is actually theirs (due to a typo, faulty memory or something similar) and is trying to "regain" access. In any case, this is merely an annoyance, but you can put an end to it by enabling two-factor authentication on your Apple ID. This will require an additional piece of information that only you will possess in order to even start the password reset process.
If you are actually seeing your password getting changed, and are having to reset it yourself to regain access, you are being hacked. This could be because your password is not strong enough to withstand a brute-force attack by a botnet. It could also be because the attacker already has access to your e-mail address, and is able to intercept the reset e-mail and complete the reset process. Because of that danger, you should change the password for the e-mail account associated with your Apple ID. You should also change the password for your Apple ID, making sure that it is a strong password, and enable two-factor authentication as mentioned above.