App Store and iTunes Accounts Hacked

[Guest]

So what was the hackers app called "iHackedu"?

 

[gm0n3y]

[citation][nom]mgoblue3296[/nom]I'm not sure if it was fixed, but you could keep hitting "Buy Song" and it would charge your credit card over and over.At least I got 2% of it back, thanks American Express.[/citation]
You could have just told your credit card company that you didn't but the songs and they should give you the money back. That's why I use my credit card when I make purchases online.

 

[Ciuy]

haha Owned again. Fail MAC !!!

 

[ksampanna]

Still they won't let go.
Kudos to whoever did this!

 

[grieve]

[citation][nom]gm0n3y[/nom]You could have just told your credit card company that you didn't but the songs and they should give you the money back. That's why I use my credit card when I make purchases online.[/citation]
for sure, it is credit card fraud.

I created my itunes account with a credit card i cancelled... account still works but nothing can ever be charged. Torrents = free.

 

[mlopinto2k1]

[citation][nom]matt87_50[/nom]what??? how can you buy THE SAME song 15 times?? surely its like steam and once u've bought a song it's yours forever?? please?? I mean, I hate itunes and haven't used it, but for all the pain it brings, surely it could do that??[/citation]
Seriously, think about this. "I hate iTunes but have never used it". Your just "acting" stupid right?

 

[marsax73]

[citation][nom]zaznet[/nom]We don't know yet if this was a hack of one of the iDevices (iPad, iPod or iPhone) where a rogue app was used to gain access to the account or account details (user/pass stealing).It could just as easily been a Windows PC virus distributed keylogger or email phishing campaign. How the accounts were compromised is the most important piece of this news and so far it's still unknown.The iTunes account info is protected by email address/username and password combination. This is a standard security method but is very weak and susceptible to exposure.[/citation]

True but again, Apple has always tried to keep this whole "hacking" and "virus" stuff to the MS world and yet here they are, dealing with the same issues. It's not a slam of their products, just their mentality.

 

[zaznet]

[citation][nom]marsax73[/nom]Apple has always tried to keep this whole "hacking" and "virus" stuff to the MS world[/citation]

The most important piece of information is where the vulnerability exists. If this was phishing then it's really "nothing new" on the security front. If it was a problem with iTunes/App Store authentication then it's a really big problem limited to Apple.

Without knowing where security was compromised we only know the end result. Some people were charged for products which they didn't wish to purchase. The fact it was Apple has little bearing until we know what was actually compromised.

This isn't even on the scale of the iPad 3G emails being exposed by AT&T's website... yet.

 

[Guest]

To: All Apple Employees:
From: Capt. Stevo
Re: iTunes hacked and customer bank info compromised.

1. Tell the customer their password was not secure.
2. Tell the customer that Apple takes their complaint super seriously.
3. If the customer tells you that iTunes itself was hacked deny, deny, deny.
4. Remind the customer that using iTunes makes you hip and cool.
5. Whatever you do, do not agree to give the customer any refund or free products! (Or you will be terminated.)

 

[vabeachboy0]

hahahahaha!!!!!!