A headshot of Reyhan Ayas taken in front of Nassau Hall at Princeton University in 2020.
Reyhan Ayas got locked out of her Apple account after her iPhone was stolen in November.
  • A woman said that soon after her iPhone was stolen, she was locked out of her Apple account.
  • Reyhan Ayas said Apple was "not helpful at all" after $10,000 was taken from her bank account.
  • She told Insider: "Once someone gets into that security environment, it turns against you."

Reyhan Ayas was leaving a Manhattan bar in November when a man snatched her phone and ran off. She said Apple was unhelpful when she tried to regain access to her Apple account. 

Ayas, who's originally from Istanbul, is a senior economist at Revelio Labs, a workforce-intelligence company.