Apple Developer's Account Restored After Compromised Gift Card Incident

'It's all fixed,' says that Apple developer who was locked out of his Apple Account after redeeming a compromised Apple Gift Card.

'A lovely man from Singapore, working for Apple Executive Relations, who has been calling me every so often for a couple of days, has let me know it's all fixed. It looks like the gift card I tried to redeem, which did not work for me, and did not credit my account, was already redeemed in some way (sounds like classic gift card tampering), and my account was caught by that.

'Obviously it's unacceptable that this can happen, and I'm still trying to get more information out of him, but at least things are now mostly working.

'Strangely, he did tell me to only ever buy gift cards from Apple themselves; I asked if that means Apple's supply chain of Blackhawk Network, InComm, and other gift card vendors is insecure, and he was unwilling to comment.'


Updates to his original blog post now include a frequently-asked questions list:

Yes, I have the receipt for the card, including the activation receipt.
Yes, the card was legitimately purchased, it's not from eBay.
Yes, I have contacted the retailer.
Yes, I do have backups... No, I don't know why parts of the account still kinda work, and parts don't.
No, I didn't write this article with AI...
Yes, Apple really did use emojis in their Live Chat...

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