Apple users are reporting an issue that is locking them out of their Apple ID and prompted to reset their password. The company is potentially working to fix the issue, but you have to reset your password to gain access to your Apple ID account. If you are locked out of your Apple ID for no reason, check out what you have to do to regain access.
Users locked out of their Apple ID account overnight, prompted to reset their password
According to several reports on social media, there appears to be an Apple ID outage. The problem appeared overnight, which suggests that no user activity is involved. 9to5mac reports that the issue came to light at 8 PM ET, and it has affected a significant number of users. We are not familiar with the nature of the issue or whether there are certain technicalities involved at a system level. Note that the issue is not exclusive to a specific device as it prevails on iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
As mentioned, users are being locked out of their Apple ID, which means that entering your current password will not give you access to your account. You are required to forget your password and reset it altogether if you want to regain access to your account. Apple has not responded or shared its side of the story as of yet.
Take note that the company's System Status page also does not highlight any issues. Users who are not near their trusted locations with Stolen Device Protection enabled are also having a hard time accessing their Apple ID accounts. Any app-specific passwords that you have previously set through iCloud will be reset as well if you reset your Apple ID password.
For now, you can simply forget your password and reset it from scratch, which will allow you to regain access to your Apple ID account. Apple is typically very quick to release a fix for the issue via software update. However, we suspect that the issue is not related to software but rests on the server side. We are waiting for Apple's response to the situation, so be sure to stick around.
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