Remember Matt Honan? The senior author of Wired, whose Apple account was hacked and whose personal information was stolen and then deleted? Well, if you don’t remember, do a Google search. If you do not want to bother At this link You can also go and read the details of the incident;)

The hacker took control of Matt Honan’s iCloud, Google, Twitter and other online services through identity verification from Apple Customer Care. Even his entire Gmail account was deleted. However, in the end, after much harassment, most of his information was recovered.

There would have been a chance to avoid these problems (even more) if iCloud / Apple ID had already introduced two-step verification system.

Anyway, 9 to 5 Mac According to the information, a two-step login system has finally been introduced in Apple ID. If the feature is enabled, anyone wishing to log in to the account from an unfamiliar device under the service will receive a PIN number via SMS or the “Find My iPhone” iOS app on a trusted device which will not be accessible until input after userid-password. .

Those who have already used Facebook or Google’s two-step login verification will easily understand its rules, importance and benefits.

Good to know, Apple’s two-step verification is currently only conditionally available to consumers in the US, UK, Australia, Ireland and New Zealand. For detailed official information Apple ID website See.