Certificates, identifiers and profiles were back online.Īn email circulated to Apple developers said, “Thank you for bearing with us while we bring these important systems back online. Some sections, like forums, were still offline. But the entry page of the site was clearly visible this afternoon. Want to know how he did it? Here's what Mr.Eight days after taking it down in response to a security breach, Apple has restored the website for its Developer Center.Īpple didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment. Turkish Security Researcher ] Ibrahim Balic has claimed credit for exposing the security hole in the Apple Developer Accounts that could leak developer data out to the wild. If you have any other concerns about your account, please contact us. If your program membership was set to expire during this period, it has been extended and your app will remain on the App Store.
We apologize for the significant inconvenience that our downtime has caused you and we expect to have the developer website up again soon. In order to prevent a security threat like this from happening again, we’re completely overhauling our developer systems, updating our server software, and rebuilding our entire database. We took the site down immediately on Thursday and have been working around the clock since then. In the spirit of transparency, we want to inform you of the issue. 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. Last Thursday, an intruder attempted to secure personal information of our registered developers from our developer website. Today Apple placed the rumors at rest by adding this new notice on the developer account page. By the weekend, when still no one could access their developer accounts, apps, payment information or statistics, coders began to grumble as to why. Last Thursday Apple unexpectedly shut down access to their developer site with a simple "Scheduled Maintenance" notice.
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