'We are working with the developers to make sure they're using the proper version of Xcode to rebuild their apps.' 'We've removed the apps from the App Store that we know have been created with this counterfeit software,' Apple said in a statement. Some developers feared that their apps would get pulled from the App Store, since they couldn’t log in to renew their developer accounts Apple eventually clarified that developers facing that specific situation needn’t worry.Apple's Xcode provides the tools developers need to build iOS apps.

The developer portal-which developers use to manage their accounts and take care of matters related to the programming and distribution of apps-also hosts Apple’s developer forums, API documentation, and more.Īpple remained largely silent about the downtime until Sunday, even as many developers took to Twitter to voice their frustration with the situation, growing increasingly nervous as the outage continued.

We apologize for the significant inconvenience that our downtime has caused you and we expect to have the developer website up again soon. In order to prevent a security threat like this from happening again, we’re completely overhauling our developer systems, updating our server software, and rebuilding our entire database. We took the site down immediately on Thursday and have been working around the clock since then. In the spirit of transparency, we want to inform you of the issue. Sensitive personal information was encrypted and cannot be accessed, however, we have not been able to rule out the possibility that some developers’ names, mailing addresses, and/or email addresses may have been accessed. Last Thursday, an intruder attempted to secure personal information of our registered developers from our developer website.

Apple developer tools hacked