Thursday 18 e July, Apple's Developer portal appears to be offline, with users presented with an apologetic message explaining that "maintenance is longer than expected. However, over the next few days a special story emerged on the real reasons for Apple's unavailability. As the portal, which contains information for over 275,000 third-party developers, has remained elusive, rumors began to spread suggesting that this was far from a routine maintenance check. The evidence is a database of accident, or a serious breach of security.
As The Hacker News reports, Apple issued a statement Monday pretend to recognize the real reasons for the failure. The sign of the interview was replaced with the explanation that "an intruder attempted to obtain personal information of our registered developers from our developer website. While Apple has assured customers that their encrypted data can not be accessed, they were unable to guarantee that the names, addresses and emails had not been stolen. Many users have also received suspicious request a password reset emails, suggesting that the pirates were still on the information. The Guardian, however, gave a slightly different version of events after interviewing Ibrahim Balic, a researcher on Turkish security, which claimed responsibility for hacking. While admitting the act itself, Balic says its intentions are not criminal, but honorable, seeking to highlight flaws in Apple's system and grow as a researcher. While skeptics may suggest that it is changing its tune after being caught, Balic was outed not only the public but also to Apple, via a YouTube video with catches screen. The security expert has found 13 separate alarm zones, and filed a report with Apple, the same day the company closed the developer portal.
So is this a well-intentioned research mission, or serious criminal trespass? Apple declined to comment on the announcement of Balic, but remains a distinct possibility :. It was not the only person to dive into the company's security systems that day
While Apple continues to review its systems, you can help secure your personal computer using a VPN service. The VPN functions as an additional protective layer that sits between the data stored on your devices and any other person trying to access it.
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