In an interview last week with The Wall Street Journal, Apple CEO Tim Cook said Apple will strengthen iCloud security measures after a series of celebrities were released with ' hot ' photos. Accordingly, users will receive an email alert when someone tries to change the password, recover data from the account, login to iCloud on the new device. Previously, changing iCloud password and login was only alerted when working on an unknown Apple device.
According to MacRumors , Apple has begun sending out email alerts when someone logs in to its iCloud account via a web browser. Alerts are sent even when users have used this browser to access iCloud in the past. The email has the following content: 'Your Apple ID has been used to log in to iCloud via a web browser. Date . hours . If you recently accessed iCloud.com, you can ignore this email. If not and believe someone tried to violate your account, you should reset your password at My Apple ID '.
The new security measure was introduced by Apple just a day before Apple's important event took place. This is considered the place where the company introduced iPhone 6 and iWatch smart watch. Both iPhone 6 and iWatch are rumored to use near field communication technology (NFC) to pay for mobile, so reinforcing customer confidence on security is something Apple must do right now.