With the attack, Apple joins the long list of technology companies whose networks have been breached and customer information stolen by attackers, including Sony in 2011, Dropbox last year and Twitter in 2013.Īpple itself was victimized by hackers earlier this year. Others have wondered whether digital certificates - Apple issues them to developers to sign their apps - may have been compromised, opening the window to hackers impersonating Apple or third-party software with malware of their own. The longer it goes, the more I believe the security-issue theory," Marco Arment, the creator of Instapaper, said on Twitter early Saturday. "This is even feeling too long to be restoring from backups. The fact that both iOS 7 and OS X Mavericks will ship within months, and thus that developers are in the midst of writing or rewriting apps to take advantage of new features, lent credence to the hacking theory, some said, because it would be the worst time for lengthy site maintenance.
Speculation began Friday that the site had been hacked when the outage persisted and the company said nothing other than posting maintenance messages on the site.
company told developers that it was "completely overhauling" the site in response, and that it was updating the server software and rebuilding the developer database "to prevent a security threat like this from happening again."Īpple's portal lets developers access pre-release software, tools and documentation, and includes developer-only forums where they can exchange information and tips. "Sensitive personal information was encrypted and cannot be accessed, however, we have not been able to rule out the possibility that some developers' names, mailing addresses, and/or email addresses may have been accessed."
"An intruder attempted to secure personal information of our registered developers from our developer website," the email and on-site message read.
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