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Apple Developer Center Breach; 100k Accounts Exposed

Bogdan BOTEZATU

July 23, 2013

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Apple Developer Center Breach; 100k Accounts Exposed

Apple`s developer site suffered a massive breach last Thursday that resulted in the compromise of roughly 100,000 developer accounts.

The intrusion was quickly identified and the affected server was taken offline for “maintenance.” Only on Sunday did the Cupertino vendor publish extra details about the hack, pending a security audit.

Last Thursday, an intruder attempted to secure personal information of our registered developers from our developer website,” Apple wrote in an e-mail to developers. “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.“

The portal is used by app developers to manage their accounts and application submissions, but also hosts the company`s developer forums and API documentation, amongst others.

Fortunately, no customer information or application code was exposed in the attack, company spokespersons told MacWorld.

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Bogdan BOTEZATU

Bogdan is living his second childhood at Bitdefender as director of threat research.

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