IPHONE owners have been left spooked and confused after a recurring Apple ID pop-up made people fear they’d been hacked.
It appears to be a random alert as a result of a wider server issue over at Apple – but there’s a way to squash it if it’s still happening to your device.
Twitter / @altryneApple experienced a server issue on Sunday night which saw a number of the tech giant’s services affected[/caption]
Many people who were experiencing to the pop-up took to social media to express their worries.
The pop-up occurred across iPhone, iPad and Apple TV devices.
“I got an unprompted message asking me to input my password, I entered the correct one, then it said it was declined,” one concerned Apple customer wrote on Twitter.
Another said: “It drove me crazy, thought someone hacked my account.”
iPhone and iPad owners have also expressed troubles of accessing their iCloud accounts.
“Anyone else blocked out of @Apple products due to Apple ID server error?” one person wrote on Twitter.
“Did someone hack ehhrm Apple? iPhones disconnected accounts today, Apple TV doesn’t recognise use subscriptions and servers connections are failing,” added another.
Apple experienced a server issue on Sunday night which saw a number of the tech giant’s services affected.
Apple ID and iCloud, alongside Apple TV, Apple Music and Chat Support were hit by the outage, according to customers on social media.
People may have also had issues with purchasing anything in the App Store during this time.
Apple servers are now back up and running again, so the issues should have stopped overnight.
However, if you are still being asked to sign in with your Apple ID password constantly, you might want to turn your iPhone off and reboot it, according to experts at tech site PhoneArena.
Another suggestion is to change your Apple ID password.
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