Turkish hacker checked Apple's strength, cracking a site for developers - NEWSru.com

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Apple has once again become a target for hackers. This time the site was attacked for developers, which have been registered several hundred thousand people. In Apple admitted that some of the data on them could fall into the hands of hackers.

According to the newspaper The Financial Times, the incident occurred as early as last Thursday. Portal developer.apple.com was disabled without explanation. The official statement from the company came in the second half Sunday. It Apple executives acknowledged that we are talking about hacking and developers to bring apologies for the “serious inconvenience”.

Representatives of the brand said that the work on restoring the functions of the site is “round the clock”. Do any harm to users or applications to Apple hackers do not seem to have time. At the same time, the company recognized that in the hands of hackers could get some data (such as names and e-mail addresses) of some developers. At Apple, however, argue that the information was encrypted.

The Financial Times notes that the attack on the Apple occurred at a critical time for the company. Soon, plans to launch a new operating system for mobile devices brand.

According to The Guardian, the responsibility for the incident took on the Turkish expert on cybersecurity Balidzh Ibrahim, who called it a security check of the site from outside intrusion.

According to the hacker, he told us about all the vulnerabilities and even posted the corresponding video on YouTube, but no response did not wait.

In turn, Apple announced that performed a complete re-installation of all systems, and the software is updated and restored the database to prevent a repeat attack.

Earlier in February cyberattack suffered internal network Apple. The company then assured that there is “no evidence” that this was stolen someone else’s personal information.