Apple: About 400 Accounts Affected, App Store Not Hacked
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Morris received confirmation from Apple that approximately 400 iTunes accounts were affected and that iTunes servers were not hacked in any way. The total number of iTunes users number about 150 million according to Morris. Apple is said to be increasing security to help minimize this fraud by asking users to enter their credit card security code more often. If not compromised at iTunes, itself, then users likely revealed the passwords inadvertently through phishing attempts, keyloggers, or easy to guess passwords.
While compromised iTunes accounts have been reported for years, this is the first reported time that a developer has tried to use them to their advantage.
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(View all)but how many of those have credit card attached to it? apparently 400 of which were compromised.
Time to take it seriously, Apple
Which apps were developed by Thuat Nguyen?
They were in the books section - which is why 400 accounts was able to affect the rankings.
140 million iTune users, Yes
but how many of those have credit card attached to it? apparently 400 of which were compromised.
Time to take it seriously, Apple
I think the 140 million is with credit cards attached. At least the number was 100 million last fall with cc number's attached.
And if it's really users losing their passwords to phishing and keyloggers, I'm not sure what can be done by Apple.
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As much as you want to, this is not an Apple problem. No more than facebook is to blame when someone doesn't log off their profile on a public computer and it gets hacked. Most likely these users fell for some sort of email phishing scan and got taken. It happens to ignorant and less aware people thousands of times per day. Still not Apple's fault.
Agreed. 400 out of 150 million. Better chance of being in a car accident. You know if Apple servers had been compromised it would have been a scary high number.
Chance of being struck by lightning in 1 year in the US ... 1 in 750,000 ... 150 million / 400 = 1 in 375,000 or double the lightning senario.
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