ITunes Users Accounts Hacked, Hundreds in App Purchases Tallied

From DailyTech: According to a story which TheNextWeb broke over the holiday weekend, hundreds, if not thousands of iTunes accounts have been hacked over the holiday weekend, and a variety of methods used to ring up hundreds of dollars in fraudulent iTunes app store and music charges.

One developer, Thuat Nguyen, used the stolen accounts to apparently propel his apps to to filling 40 of the 50 top spots on the iTunes iBook section. The apps -- mostly three series of books called Conan, Vien Ngoc Rong, and Thuy Hu -- retailed for $4.99 a piece and have since been apparently removed from the app store by Apple.

Other apps -- the Charismaist app, Wishii Network apps (which dominated 29 of the top 50 iPad Travel app spots), and developer Storm 8's apps -- reportedly have also been involved in the scheme.

Some users report lesser sums -- around $150. Others report losing around $600. One user even reports, "Unlike what others have reported, we were taken for over $1400.00 on what looks like in-game credits for some game called World War at $160 a transaction and some music. Again, Apple did nothing to help but give the password reset advice and removing of the credit card info."

Some users report getting a couple of small purchases, then being hit with a single extortionate purchase for a $90 or more app.

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