Some Apple customers say they’ve been mysteriously locked out of their accounts

One thing is up with Apple ID this weekend. As reported by 9to5Mac, Apple customers began complaining on-line final evening that they’d been logged out of their Apple IDs on all of their gadgets with out rationalization. Upon attempting to log again in, some say they have been locked out of their accounts regardless of getting into the right particulars, and needed to reset their passwords. Engadget has reached out to Apple for extra info.

Apple hasn’t mentioned something publicly about what’s happening, and its System Standing web page makes no point out of issues with Apple ID or some other programs within the final 24 hours. In a Mastodon submit noticed by The Verge, one particular person mentioned Apple assist informed them solely that “generally random safety enhancements are added to your account.” It’s unclear what number of customers have been affected, although folks have piled onto social media threads in regards to the difficulty to say they’ve skilled it too. In response to 9to5Mac, among the publication’s personal group have run into the issue.

Whereas the problem appeared to have heightened on Friday evening, there have been sporadic stories of comparable issues within the current previous. Software program developer Michael Tsai printed a weblog submit in regards to the newest incident and referenced a time simply final fall when the identical factor occurred.