Vietnamese Developer Hacked 400 iTunes Account

Apple has banned a Vietnam display of its software developers in the store after he was involved in fraudulent applications encourage the application title on the list of best-sellers.

According to the BBC cited Apple, Thuat Nguyen has hacked of approximately 400 iTunes account, using their credit card information to increase sales of his comic book application.

Apple says it has tightened security as a result of this hacked.

This fraudulent activity has put the spotlight on iTunes.

At one point Mr. Nguyen's application occupies 42 of the 50 books that sold a large application in the iTunes application store.

In a statement Apple said that developers and its application has been removed from the iTunes store "for violating the License Agreement Program developers, including the pattern of fraudulent purchases."

"ITunes Server is not affected. A very small percentage, only 400 of the 150 million iTunes users affected," he said.

It recommends that people who worry about their credit card has been stolen should contact their financial institutions and change their password.

Apple claims that the server is not disturbed, but did increase security measures.

False

The incident was more demanding users often change their credit card security code when transacting on iTunes.

Not the first time iTunes users complained about their accounts direntas, but for cases such as that done Thuat Nguyen was the first.

Amichai Shulman, chief technology officer of security firm Imperva, believes that it is the biggest mistake of Mr Nguyen.

"Perhaps fake book and it's just a way to take money from one account and put it into another. If he keeps out of the 50 major scam may not be detected," he said.

Possible iTunes account details obtained through phishing attacks or by other means such as web mail, Shulman said.

"We see the trend of hackers targeting the accounts such as iTunes accounts, online poker account. You can make money with this kind of account very quickly," he said.

Amit Klein, chief technology officer of Trusteer, a company that provides security for online payments, says Apple could do more to prevent such violations.

"Perentasan on iTunes is not so rare, there are constant flows although they do not preach it. Apple can better detect counterfeiting and interact with iTune users better," he said.