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From: John Navas on 6 Jul 2010 10:03
According to multiple customer reports, Apple iTunes accounts have been
hacked to purchase an e-book application.

A rogue Vietnamese developer called Thuat Nguyen reportedly hacked into
iTunes accounts and gamed the Books category in the Apple App Store to
artificially inflate the ratings and sales for his book apps. Both The
Next Web and Engadget websites reported Sunday that Nguyen apps
accounted for 42 of the top 50 books by revenue in the Books section of
the iTunes App Store.

At the site MacRumors, one forum contributor complained of seeing
multiple unexplained iTunes charges totalling more than $500. The
suspicious rise in the Vietnamese books' rankings was noticed by two
competing iPhone developers, Alex Brie and Patrick Thomson, who were
alarmed by their apps slipping in rankings in favor of those from
Nguyen.

Two users also indicated in the ratings for Nguyen's apps that their
iTunes accounts have been hacked and purchases of those apps were made
on their behalf. Up to $200 from these hacked accounts were reportedly
used to buy the developer's apps.

MORE:
<http://www.pcworld.com/article/200492/apple_app_store_and_itunes_accounts_hacked_say_reports.html?tk=nl_dnx_h_crawl>

COMMENT: Change your password, noW! And make it a secure password.

--
John

"Assumption is the mother of all screw ups."
[Wethern�s Law of Suspended Judgement]
From: John Navas on 7 Jul 2010 10:14
Apple bans 'fraudulent' developer from iTunes

According to Apple, Thuat Nguyen hacked around 400 iTunes accounts, in
order to use their credit card details to boost sales of his comic book
apps.

Apple said it had tightened its security as a result of the hack.

It has put fraudulent activity on iTunes into the spotlight.

....

It will now ask users to enter their credit card security code more
frequently when making purchases on iTunes.

It is not the first time that users have complained about their iTunes
accounts being hacked but it is one of the first that an app bought
using compromised accounts has dominated the charts.

....

Amit Klein, the chief technology officer of Trusteer, a company which
provides security for online payments, thinks Apple could do more to
prevent such breaches.

"Hacks on iTunes are not so rare, there is a constant stream of reports
even though they don't make the headlines. Apple could have better fraud
detection and interact with iTune users better," he said.

MORE: <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/10535703.stm>
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