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What are your thoughts on Apple's current security issues/hack?

• freehunter 13y ago
  I'm not an Apple user so I haven't paid close attention to it. I'm of the opinion that if customers are being affected, giving a generic "we're investigating a security incident but no cause for alarm yet" message with more info to come is better than "we're down for scheduled maintenance". The attackers already know they've been discovered either way.
  • ceol 13y ago
    The message isn't for the attackers but for the customers. Tim Cook sneezes and there's 50 different blog posts about his snot; what do you think would happen if an Apple developer site when down with a message that said, "There was a security breach!" and no additional context? Fox News would be running stories about how Russian hackers stole your grandmother's iTunes gift cards. They played it safe by waiting until they actually knew what happened before releasing any information.