[News] App Store Hacked and iTunes Accounts Too

Merikh

United States918 Posts

July 05 2010 04:09 GMT

Two iPhone App developers have spotted what appears to be a hacking of the App store rankings by a rogue developer. The rankings in the books category of the US iTunes store features 40 out of 50 apps by the same app developer, Thuat Nguyen.

What’s more concerning is that it seems individuals iTunes accounts have been hacked to make mass purchases of that one developer’s apps. (Update: this does not appear to just be one specific developer nor one particular set of apps any more. Details at the foot of this post.)

Source: http://thenextweb.com/apple/2010/07/04/app-store-hacked/

Glad I don't use iTunes for my music currently.

konadora

Singapore66358 Posts

July 05 2010 04:20 GMT

first Google and now Apple =/

krndandaman

Mozambique16569 Posts

July 05 2010 04:27 GMT

--- Nuked ---

YoonHo

Canada1043 Posts

July 05 2010 04:30 GMT

lol hackers everywhere now. I wish I was an app developer though, I heard they make some nice cash.

RisingTide

Australia769 Posts

July 05 2010 04:32 GMT

And so ends the era of "Macs don't get viruses/hacked" being an excuse for buying one.

Rinrun

Canada3509 Posts

July 05 2010 04:44 GMT

On July 05 2010 13:32 RisingTide wrote:
And so ends the era of "Macs don't get viruses/hacked" being an excuse for buying one.

Its not Macs getting hacked per se, more like iTunes being hacked (which can be used on an OS besides Apple ones). Yeah, I know, I defended Apple, and I'm a zealot for other PCs besides Apple ones.

Mystlord

United States10264 Posts

July 05 2010 04:55 GMT

Sigh Apple... Is it just me or are they fumbling a lot more lately? They need to start making their stuff a lot more secure as their popularity increases. Microsoft is pretty good with that, it's just that people are too stupid to safeguard their computers properly and get malware because of that.

firebound12

Canada274 Posts

July 05 2010 05:00 GMT

ugh :/ I have an ipod touch... I don't buy much (total of 5$ max worth of apps), hmmmmm how did the hackers get the customers' infos anyway??

Sabu113

United States11076 Posts

July 05 2010 05:30 GMT

Wow. So much for Apple being safer

I hate programs that save your account info automatically. It's terrible both for purchasing habits (removing 1 more step in the purchasing process) and crap like this. Absolutely insane.

Merikh

United States918 Posts

July 05 2010 05:43 GMT

#10

On July 05 2010 13:30 YoonHo wrote:
lol hackers everywhere now. I wish I was an app developer though, I heard they make some nice cash.

Yeah, Iphone dev/android development is a really nice business to be in

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