Cupertino warns of Apple Learning Initiative security breach [u]
The mothership is alerting members of this online program and forums that their account credentials, login and password, have been compromised. Although such events are common enough elsewhere on the interwebs, it’s quite unusual for one to affect Apple. Then again, perhaps it’s more that we’re not used to the company admitting such problems exist.
Here’s a full reproduction (opens a screen cap) of the email our favorite fruit company is sending to Apple Learning Initiative (ALI) members:
Dear Apple Learning Interchange member,
We recently learned that the security of Apple Learning Interchange (ALI) members’ names and passwords may have been compromised. These accounts are limited to accessing the ALI discussion board and do not contain sensitive information such as credit card or social security numbers.
If you use this name and password combination on other websites and services, you may risk vulnerability on those sites. We strongly recommend that you change your password on any site that might have the same name and password combination.
We apologize for the inconvenience, and thank you for your continued participation in ALI.
Sincerely,
The Apple Learning Interchange Team
Of course, it bears repeating that no critical information has been exposed (i.e. credit cards). However, as noted by Apple, if you use the same login and password on other sites, then you really should to change your passwords, etc immediately at these other places. Otherwise, critical information, like your social security number or credit information, could be get exposed.
Interestingly, the Apple Learning Initiative Web site is currently currently offline with no indication as to when it will be back.
[u] As of 5:30pm EST, the ALI site is still offline and Apple hasn’t provided an update on when to expect its return to the ether.
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