An Apple fan who has spent “nearly 30 years as a loyal customer” says they’ve been “permanently” locked out of their Apple Account due to what might be the overzealous actions of Apple’s automated anti-fraud system. It’s left them locked out of “20 years of digital life,” and it all started with the seemingly straightforward purchase of an Apple gift card.



Everyone always learns the hard way, just the same as I did - one copy is usually as good as no copies at all.
For data you can’t afford to lose, the 3-2-1 rule is king. Original, cold local, and remote.
Nothing said he didn’t have backups of data
His blog post says he does have backups of the data
If that’s true, then the title is misleading and clickbait-y.