Apple ID consistently being locked

I'm not positive no one else has my email address assigned to them. Somewhere in Apple's transition from @mac.com to @me.com to @icloud.com email addresses, my @mac.com address was mapped to the others, but also someone in Europe somehow got the @me.com version of my email.

elgy03 wrote:

I'm not positive no one else has my email address assigned to them. Somewhere in Apple's transition from @mac.com to @me.com to @icloud.com email addresses, my @mac.com address was mapped to the others, but also someone in Europe somehow got the @me.com version of my email.

No, that's not what happened. @mac.com, @me.com and @icloud.com are aliases of the same server, and they all still work. On my iPhone if I go to Settings/Messages all of those domains are still listed, and I can still receive email sent to any of them when I view my icloud.com account. So user@mac.com is always the same account as user@me.com and user@icloud.com. What can happen, and it happens frequently, is someone will sign up for a website or other service and mis-type their email address. And it the incorrect address happens to be yours you will get email from the site destined for them, which they will never get (because you got it). And they may keep trying to log in, which will be detected by the server and the account will be disabled.

The other possibility is that someone is probing your account hoping to guess your password.

Brute force login attempts are very common. This is a major cause of lock outs.

It has nothing to do with your account info being compromised by someone, or losing credentials. If that happens, then there is no lock out. They're into your account.

> Every email address is unique.

That's assumed. Never was in question.

zenasprime wrote:

This has been happening to me as well for the past several months. Very annoying.

More than likely someone is bound and determined to hack your account, and keeps trying passwords. Defenses include changing the email address for your iCloud account, and/or adding 2 factor authentication.

Everyone seems to be ignoring the obvious... some less than desirable people are trying to brute force entry your account. And you are getting locked out as a result.

change the sign I.d. To a different email address, I know it's a pain if you only have one, but once your account is on file with these people the attempts will continue until you either change or they get in.

be secure.

I keep having the EXACT same problem. Any help would be appreciated

Same thing for me and it really ******* me off. Nice to see Apple actually in here responding to the problem ... NOT!

I have the same issue as well. Where is Apple on this? There are multiple threads about this exact issue and I can't find any response from them. Please answer.

This *****. It now happens to me almost every time I try to download an app. Give me a break, Apple. Or at least let me know _why_ this keeps happening. Is someone trying to hack my account?

Exactly, let me know why this is happening. Seriously. HELLOO APPLE!

This keeps happening to me. It's really annoying. It usually comes up weekly when I enter a game (like Angry Birds) and it says my thing is locked.

what the heck?

Same here. Two passwords changed in 1 week.

> The other possibility is that someone is probing your account hoping to guess your password.

This is exactly what I was pointing out above. More common than not.

This has been happening to me as well for the past several months. Very annoying.

I have the same freakin' problem. It's so annoying! And it happens for no reason at all. Like what the heck Apple?!