> if someone has a password list and is using a bot to scan them all; Apple will of course lock-out sign-in attempts.
Of course?? That would be insane. Password-guessing bots are all over the place. Apple should not allow them to cause lockouts.
Of course?? That would be insane. Password-guessing bots are all over the place. Apple should not allow them to cause lockouts.
> taking drastic measures is their only option.
Less drastic would be to come clean and say the lockouts are by Apple themselves.
On the third hand it is an apple leak, they've been given a sample list by whoever is ransoming them so they've enacted overly strict heuristics that apply to everyone.