Re: Apple responds to hacker claims, says systems not breached

From	Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system, comp.mobile.ipad, misc.phone.mobile.iphone
Subject	Re: Apple responds to hacker claims, says systems not breached
Date	2017-03-24 16:11 +0000
Organization	People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
Message-ID	<ejkuomFntc1U2@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
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On 2017-03-24, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:
> On 2017-03-24 09:29, Lewis wrote:
>
>> That is also entirely wrong. If anyone logs in to my AppleID, I
>> immediately get an alert showing the location of the login and am able
>> to deny that login before they even get a confirmation that the password
>> is right (or wrong).
>
> The email I received advising me that someone had used my Apple ID on a
> new phone (iPhone 6 which I do not have) contained no information on
> location of attempt.

When you are using two-factor authentication, you see the location.

> 2FA prevents person from using account, but does not prevent them from
> trying to login (generating the need to authorize). So even if I had had
> 2FA enabled, the password would still have been compromised by whatever
> means the hackers used to obtain it in the first place.

Nonsense.

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Apple responds to hacker claims, says systems not breached Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-23 06:57 +0000
  Re: Apple responds to hacker claims, says systems not breached "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2017-03-23 19:31 +0000
    Re: Apple responds to hacker claims, says systems not breached JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2017-03-23 16:17 -0400
      Re: Apple responds to hacker claims, says systems not breached Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-03-24 13:29 +0000
        Re: Apple responds to hacker claims, says systems not breached JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2017-03-24 11:15 -0400
          Re: Apple responds to hacker claims, says systems not breached Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-24 16:11 +0000
          Re: Apple responds to hacker claims, says systems not breached Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-03-24 20:25 +0000
            Re: Apple responds to hacker claims, says systems not breached michaelunowho@gmail.com - 2017-03-27 11:21 -0700
              Re: Apple responds to hacker claims, says systems not breached dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2017-03-28 07:02 +1100
        Re: Apple responds to hacker claims, says systems not breached michaelunowho@gmail.com - 2017-03-27 11:20 -0700
          Re: Apple responds to hacker claims, says systems not breached Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-27 19:17 +0000
            Re: Apple responds to hacker claims, says systems not breached michaelunowho@gmail.com - 2017-03-27 13:37 -0700
              Re: Apple responds to hacker claims, says systems not breached Wade Garrett <wade@cooler.net> - 2017-03-27 18:35 -0400
              Re: Apple responds to hacker claims, says systems not breached Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-03-28 02:28 +0000
    Re: Apple responds to hacker claims, says systems not breached Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-03-24 13:25 +0000
  Re: Apple responds to hacker claims, says systems not breached Wade Garrett <wade@cooler.net> - 2017-03-24 11:49 -0400
    Re: Apple responds to hacker claims, says systems not breached Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2017-03-24 17:43 -0400
    Re: Apple responds to hacker claims, says systems not breached Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2017-03-25 20:04 +0000
      Re: Apple responds to hacker claims, says systems not breached Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-25 20:22 +0000
        Re: Apple responds to hacker claims, says systems not breached JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2017-03-25 17:24 -0400
          Re: Apple responds to hacker claims, says systems not breached Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-03-25 21:47 +0000
            Re: Apple responds to hacker claims, says systems not breached JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2017-03-26 14:18 -0400
              Re: Apple responds to hacker claims, says systems not breached Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-03-26 18:28 +0000
                Re: Apple responds to hacker claims, says systems not breached JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2017-03-26 15:28 -0400
                Re: Apple responds to hacker claims, says systems not breached Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-27 00:13 +0000
                Re: Apple responds to hacker claims, says systems not breached Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-03-27 04:51 +0000
                Re: Apple responds to hacker claims, says systems not breached Zaidy036 <Zaidy036@air.isp.spam> - 2017-03-27 06:54 +0000
                Re: Apple responds to hacker claims, says systems not breached nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-27 08:01 -0400
                Re: Apple responds to hacker claims, says systems not breached Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-27 15:08 +0000
                Re: Apple responds to hacker claims, says systems not breached nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-27 13:31 -0400
                Re: Apple responds to hacker claims, says systems not breached Zaidy036 <Zaidy036@air.isp.spam> - 2017-03-28 06:07 +0000
                Re: Apple responds to hacker claims, says systems not breached Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-03-28 02:26 +0000
              Re: Apple responds to hacker claims, says systems not breached "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2017-03-27 09:47 +1100
          Re: Apple responds to hacker claims, says systems not breached Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-25 22:14 +0000
      Re: Apple responds to hacker claims, says systems not breached Alrescha <alrescha@gmail.com> - 2017-03-25 17:50 -0400
        Re: Apple responds to hacker claims, says systems not breached nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-25 18:09 -0400
          Re: Apple responds to hacker claims, says systems not breached Alrescha <alrescha@gmail.com> - 2017-03-25 18:12 -0400
        Re: Apple responds to hacker claims, says systems not breached Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-25 22:14 +0000
          Re: Apple responds to hacker claims, says systems not breached Alrescha <alrescha@gmail.com> - 2017-03-25 18:18 -0400
            Re: Apple responds to hacker claims, says systems not breached Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-25 22:36 +0000
              Re: Apple responds to hacker claims, says systems not breached JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2017-03-26 14:22 -0400
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