Users around the world are reporting their Apple ID accounts being suddenly signed out and locked out

13. 11. 2018

Users worldwide as of this morning reports a strange problem they encountered on one of their Apple products. Out of the blue, the device started asking for passwords to iCloud accounts, but then those accounts were locked and users were forced to reset them and set a new password. No one knows yet why this happens.

I have encountered this problem personally. This morning, out of the blue, my iPhone prompted me to sign in to my iCloud account again in the settings. After entering the password, information appeared that the iCloud account was locked and that it needed to be unlocked.

This was followed by a re-login to the iCloud account, then the system asked to change the password. After setting a new password, there was an option to sign out all the devices connected to my iCloud account. It was only after this whole process that my iCloud account was unlocked again and the iPhone could be used normally. Logging in on the other devices linked to my account then followed logically.

This same problem has affected users all over the world and no one knows why this is happening. A similar procedure is common in the case of account compromise or any breach of its security. If something really happened, Apple should inform about it in the next few hours. At the moment we don't know anything concrete and everything is just at the level of speculation. If you are also affected by this problem, we recommend that you restore your iCloud account with a new password as soon as possible.

Topics: Apple ID, iCloud, Settings, product, user, iPhone, Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC),

Discussion of the article

Mirec

13. 11. 2018 19:23

it also happened to me 2 days ago

Steve

14. 11. 2018 0:59

I have already encountered something similar and more than once - I was prompted to enter the iCloud password. Since I didn't know the reason why the device wanted me to do this, I didn't enter anything and proceeded as if I wanted to detect a running application and kill it. According to me, this should be the correct procedure - not to write the password right away, but to search for what and why the password actually wants me.

Fig

19. 11. 2018 12:24

I've had this problem for about 2 months now. Me and my wife

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