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Ekuqaleni kukaSepthemba, i-Apple yaxazulula inkinga engathandeki kakhulu ngokuputshuka kwezithombe ezibucayi kusukela kuma-akhawunti e-iCloud osaziwayo abadumile. Bekungenjalo nakuba insizakalo enjalo iphukile, i-Apple ijwayele ukukwazi ukugwema ukuba sengozini ngendlela yokuthi kungenzeka ukufaka iphasiwedi izikhathi eziningi. Vele ulalele uchwepheshe wezokuphepha ozinze eLondon u-Ibrahim Balic.

Umcwaningi wezokuphepha ozinze eLondon u-Balic wazise i-Apple ngenkinga engaba khona kudala ngaphambi kokuba abaduni bathole ubuthakathaka ku-iCloud basizakala. Ipaki ngokusho kweThe Daily Dot I-Apple yazisa ngoMashi futhi yachaza inkinga yezokuphepha ngokuqondile ku-imeyili yayo.

Ku-imeyili yangoMashi 26 eya kubasebenzi bakwa-Apple, uBalic wabhala:

Ngithole udaba olusha oluhlobene nama-akhawunti we-Apple. Ngisebenzisa i-brute force attack, ngingazama izikhathi ezingaphezu kwezinkulungwane ezingamashumi amabili ukuze ngifake amagama ayimfihlo kunoma iyiphi i-akhawunti. Ngicabanga ukuthi kufanele kusetshenziswe umkhawulo lapha. Nginamathisela isithombe-skrini. Ngithole udaba olufanayo ku-Google futhi ngathola impendulo kubo.

Ngokuqondile ngokufaka amaphasiwedi ngokungapheli, ngenxa yokuthi abaduni ekugcineni bathola amaphasiwedi abantu abadumile, ngokusobala bagqekeza kuma-akhawunti e-iCloud. Umsebenzi wakwa-Apple uphendule u-Balic ukuthi uyalwazi lolu lwazi futhi wambonga ngalo. Ngaphezu kwe-imeyili, u-Balic uphinde wabika inkinga ngekhasi elikhethekile elinikezelwe ekubikeni amaphutha.

Ekugcineni u-Apple waphendula ngoMeyi, ebhalela u-Balic: “Ngokusekelwe kulwazi olunikezile, kubonakala sengathi kuzothatha isikhathi esiningi ukuthola ithokheni yokuqinisekisa esebenzayo ye-akhawunti. Ukholelwa ukuthi uyayazi indlela enganikeza ukufinyelela ku-akhawunti ngesikhathi esifanele?'

Unjiniyela wezokuphepha wakwa-Apple uBrandon ngokusobala akazange akuthathe njengosongo olukhulu ukutholwa kukaBalic. “Ngikholwa wukuthi abakayixazululi ngokuphelele inkinga. Bebelokhu bengitshela ukuthi ngibakhombise okunye,” kusho uBalic.

Umthombo: I-Daily Dot, Ars Technica
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