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Apple Boots Alleged iTunes Hacker: How to Stay Safe
Apple released a statement saying it has removed applications from its App Store published by developer Thuat Nguyen. By Ian Paul, PC World
July 06, 2010 02:22 PM ET
A Vietnamese-based iPhone application developer may have recently bilked unsuspecting iPhone users out of hundreds of dollars in an apparent hack of the iTunes App Store. The apparent scam became public over the July 4th weekend after several news reports that 42 out of the 50 top ranked e-book applications in iTunes were all being sold by a seller named Thuat Nguyen. The rise of Nguyen's apps corresponded with a spike in complaints of iTunes accounts being hacked and overcharged.
Apple has since pulled the rogue apps from iTunes. The scam appears to have only affected only a few hundred users. Apple has since issued a public statement posted first by Engadget admitting to the shenanigans:
The developer Thuat Nguyen and his apps were removed from the App Store for violating the developer Program License Agreement, including fraudulent purchase patterns.
Developers do not receive any iTunes confidential customer data when an app is downloaded.
Apple released a statement saying it has removed applications from its App Store published by developer Thuat Nguyen. By Ian Paul, PC World
July 06, 2010 02:22 PM ET
A Vietnamese-based iPhone application developer may have recently bilked unsuspecting iPhone users out of hundreds of dollars in an apparent hack of the iTunes App Store. The apparent scam became public over the July 4th weekend after several news reports that 42 out of the 50 top ranked e-book applications in iTunes were all being sold by a seller named Thuat Nguyen. The rise of Nguyen's apps corresponded with a spike in complaints of iTunes accounts being hacked and overcharged.
Apple has since pulled the rogue apps from iTunes. The scam appears to have only affected only a few hundred users. Apple has since issued a public statement posted first by Engadget admitting to the shenanigans:
The developer Thuat Nguyen and his apps were removed from the App Store for violating the developer Program License Agreement, including fraudulent purchase patterns.
Developers do not receive any iTunes confidential customer data when an app is downloaded.
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