iTunes hack used to fiddle App Store ratings Compromised Apple App Store accounts have been abused by rogue developers to boost their ranking and increase their sales. Hijacked accounts were reportedly used to buy multiple copies of previously obscure Vietnamese-language eBooks, in an apparent bid to game the iTunes ranking system. The eBooks concerned have been pulled …
in an Apple product... Really?
I do like Apple products. Well, I like my iPod touch, and the iPad looks neat. But I do think this whole Apple on a pedestal fanbois stuff is a bit much. Nice to see Apple getting knocked down a peg or 2 recently.
It's all ok anyway, because HTML 5 will fix everything... right?
Most Register articles about the App Store complain about all the App Store rejections and the arbitrary rules that cause them. This article complains about the lack of rules and the misguided App Store approvals that result from this lack.
Congratulations, Register, for landing squarely on both sides of the fence.
...I started getting a spate of spam emails with subject lines like "You Have Received a $50 iTunes Gift Certificate!" and "iTunes Account Gift Certificate enclosed." They all contained, naturally enough, an .exe file attachment, which for obvious reasons I didn't try to run.
Anyone want to take any bets as to whether or not the .exe would have asked me for an iTunes account name and password (to "apply" the gift certificate, natch) and whether or not any account names and passwords I dutifully typed in would be sent to Vietnamese hackers?
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