All articles tagged with #account lockout
The article discusses the frustrating experience of being locked out of Apple accounts, highlighting cases like the Macalope and Dr. Paris Butterfield-Addison, and criticizes Apple's process for handling such issues, emphasizing the need for better procedures to assist affected users.
The article warns about the risks of being locked out of cloud storage accounts like Google, Dropbox, iCloud, and OneDrive, highlighting the importance of security measures to prevent losing access to valuable data, as illustrated by a Reddit story of a user losing 30 years of photos and work.
Yotta, a fintech savings app, has seen 85,000 customer accounts locked due to a dispute between its banking partners, Synapse and Evolve Bank & Trust. The issue, which has left $112 million in savings inaccessible, stems from disagreements over transaction ledgers and has affected multiple fintech firms. The crisis highlights the risks in the "banking as a service" model and has prompted calls for increased regulatory scrutiny. Former FDIC Chair Jelena McWilliams has been appointed trustee to resolve the Synapse bankruptcy and return funds to users.
Starlink users were locked out of their accounts due to an overzealous fraud detection bug that falsely flagged legitimate accounts as fraudulent. Affected users received an email acknowledging the mistake and stating that account modifications would be reverted by the end of the week. However, some users are still unable to access their accounts and have faced difficulties contacting Starlink's limited customer support options. Additionally, some users reported a service interruption coinciding with the account lockout.