An independent security researcher claimed responsibility for the security breach incident that forced Apple to close down its Developer Center website last week.
Ibrahim Balic claims that he reported the vulnerability to Apple and didn’t act with any malicious intentions, but he confirmed extracting user IDs, names and email addresses from the website.
On Sunday, Apple announced that an intruder broke into its developer website and attempted to download the personal information of users registered on the site. The site had been offline since Thursday.
“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 company said in a message posted on the site’s homepage.
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