Apple: - Only 400 were defrauded

Tighten security in the App Store after the attack.

While the Americans celebrated their Independence Day weekend was the App Store and iTunes accounts abused.

The unknown was Apple users their accounts drained of money. Without users' knowledge were the accounts used to buy a series vietnamesiskspråklige books, published by Thuat Nguyen and the company "mycompany".

The books slid up the sales charts, and eventually up 42 of the 50 best-selling titles, before Apple took action and removed them from the software store.

No iTunes servers will have been compromised in the attack, according to statements from Apple.
- An extremely small percentage, about four hundred of the 150 million iTunes accounts were affected. It is less than 0.0003 percent of our users, "said Apple Cnet.

As digi.no wrote Monday to fraud have taken place in that the user was tricked into revealing their account information to criminals, using phishing techniques, such as fake e-mail messages.

Apple says, however, nothing that sheds light on what actually happened.

Yet now tightening the security of the App Store / iTunes. During Tuesday should Apple have taken steps to prevent similar attempts in future.

- Users will be prompted to enter the [control digits] on the back of payment cards more often, when they act in the iTunes Store or if they use their account from other computers, says Apple Cent.

Customers are charged for suspicious purchases in iTunes is the company advised to contact their own bank. Apple also recommends all users to change their iTunes password immediately.