The ripples from Mat Honan's weekend security incursion keep pushing outward. Earlier today Amazon shifted policy to prevent account details from being changed via a phone call, which blocks one avenue the hackers used to get the personal info used to compromise Honan's iCloud account. Now, according to Wired, the other shoe has dropped: Apple's phone support team is in a 24-hour freeze for account resets by phone.
This change, which Wired confirmed with an internal Apple