On Sep 13, 2011, at 5:17 AM, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > http://news.techeye.net/security/apples-faith-based-security-taking-a-hammering > > For the last year, hackers have been able to crash through Apple's > faith-based security and spend other user's cash, and Jobs' Mob has > been unable to stop them. > > The first reports were in November 28, 2010, when a user moaned on an > Apple support forum that someone had spent more than $50 of his iTunes > Store credit on iPhone apps. His home address was replaced with an > address in Towson, Maryland... The list of complaints has gone to 700 > posts with a hacker, or hackers able to spend iTunes gift card credit > without permission. > > While Apple has been refunding some of its users, it has not given > cash back to others, but acknowledged no wrongdoing or iTunes > hacking.... However Apple will only refund money once, and customers > that are hit for a second time are being told to go forth and > multiply.
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