Cyber Attacks on Apple - Site Down

Four days after a cyberattack, an Apple website that was used to communicate with its community of around 6 million software developers was down on Monday. This resulted in taking action on upgrading, to prevent future breaches. It is not clear if any data been compromised by the attack.

Apple in its press release said that the most of the personal information
was encrypted and could not be accessed but may be the hackers have been accessed the names, mailing addresses and emails.

The author of the iOS Hacker's Handbook, Charlie Miller said that he was not sure what exactly happened and do not know what to make of this. Miller said he received an email from Apple on Monday warning him about the breach, adding that he hoped none of his personal information had been compromised in the attack. He continued saying he had not come across any information of another attacks on Apple and it doesn't seem like any system problems with their security.

Data breaches are relatively common because hackers are constantly identifying new ways to attack by exploiting software bugs and leveraging mistakes in the way companies configure websites and computer systems. Hackers are also relentless in sending emails with malicious links and attachments to targeted companies.

Security experts speculated that the site may have been attacked using one of several widely known security bugs in web technology, but there seemed to be no consensus.

A man claiming to be a Turkish security researcher posted a video on YouTube and sent out comments on Twitter saying that he was responsible for the attack on Apple's developer site and had done so in a bid to publicize a security bug.

Apple declined comment on his claim, which could not be independently verified. The man could not be reached for comment.

Other corporate victims of recent security breaches include: Evernote, LinkedIn Corp, LivingSocial and Sony.

Apple said in its statement to developers that it was completely overhauling the technology on the shutdown site, which it hoped would soon be back online.

It may be in hot demand as developers are writing and testing apps to run on iOS 7, the next-generation operating system for iPhones and iPads that Apple is planning to release in the fall.

It was the second security breach that the company has disclosed in five months. In February, the maker of Macs and iPhones said that some Mac computers had been infected by hackers who had also attacked Facebook and other technology companies.

Source: TG