I’m guessing Apple detected irregular activity on the affected accounts. Long time ago I used a password across websites including Apple. That password was compromised on another site and apple forced me to reset. From that point on, I use a unique hard password for Apple and 2FA. Too much is at stake.
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Some Users Locked Out of Their Apple IDs, Forced to Reset Passwords
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Yep happened to me early this morning and I was on the Stairmaster at the club so I mistyped (hard to type in a password while on rolling stairs
) the first attempt and had to reset my password....
you had told me yesterday what your apple ID was and I forgot it could you please repeat in again! Thanks...
This happened to me when I woke up this morning. Very frustrating. Wish I knew why it happened.
Happened to me as well. I have no sources, nor any proof....however, this small batch may be a test run of a new internal tool they have to force a mass reset in the event of a breach.
This has QA and Dev written all over it. Small batch, textbook no warning, random assignment, no announcement after the fact.
This has QA and Dev written all over it. Small batch, textbook no warning, random assignment, no announcement after the fact.
I'm hoping we find out the reason. It's ********.
By the way, I had this problem for several months in a row about three months ago and I called and raised Hell. I forget what I changed while on the phone with them--I think it was my AppleID/Email. That ended up fixing it.
No one in my family has been hit, but a few weeks ago my teen daughter's friend had it happen to her while at our house. Nothing like trying to provide tech support for a teenager who really has no idea how to talk "tech" and won't stop clicking on random stuff while you're trying to walk her through resetting her password. I'm pretty sure by the time she was done she'd created two completely new Apple IDs, reset her password four times, and somehow managed to book a cruise to Alaska on her father's credit card.
It's happened twice in the past couple of weeks, not sure why either. But running out of password ideas
A thing we were escaping from when we came to the Mac, and also probably the thing we’ll come back to when we escape from the current Microsoft-ish style in Apple.
What a mess. Got a prompt on my mac and while in recovery I supplied my number and got the code then it asked for my phone code which I provided, and now it was my credit card which I don't possess anymore. It wants me to wait for 24hrs for another recovery method.
So pleased I left tech support at Apple before this happened! Pissed off people were already too much for the job description and pay.
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You are up for some extra bad news for account recovery mate. Might take you a good 2 weeks to get back into it. Try to use Find my iphone app from a device you have signed into in the past to speed things up.
I agree. I was concerned I was being phished at first until I heard my wife complain about having to do this.....and the other 4 people on our family account.
Happened to me this morning. I had to create a new password and then login to 12 different Apple devices - and then confirm each with Apples 2FA on each.
While this was a PITA what really ticks me off is Apples silence as to what the cause of this LockedOut / Reset fiasco was. Where’s the transparency as to the root cause of this massive reset?
While this was a PITA what really ticks me off is Apples silence as to what the cause of this LockedOut / Reset fiasco was. Where’s the transparency as to the root cause of this massive reset?