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Users Report Foul Play In App Store Rankings, Purchases

Posted by timothy on from the shouldn't-be-an-app-for-that dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Two iPhone App developers have spotted what appears to be a hacking of the App store rankings by a rogue developer. The rankings in the books category of the US iTunes store features 40 out of 50 apps by the same app developer, Thuat Nguyen. What's more concerning is that it seems individuals' iTunes accounts have been hacked to make mass purchases of that one developer's apps." Among the comments attached to the linked story is one which suggests the security problem may lie elsewhere.

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  1. Macfag Status: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    TOLD

    1. Re:Macfag Status: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      One time I was at a free software convention and Linus Torvalds started to make conversation with me. He kept talking about all the women at the party that he would like to have sex with. Making jokes and gestures to his crotch. I just smiled. None of what he said I found amusing. He was really obnoxious. "I wanna fuck all the chicks, I'm no Faggot!" Linus said. After a small uncomfortable silence. I said , "I'm gay and I think I want to have sex with you." He then yelled something I couldn't understand, called me a fucking fag, then tried to beat me up. I was much bigger than him so I was actually able to beat him into unconsciousness. I then stripped him down to nothing, tied him to the banister, and got everyone at the event to insert at least one object into his ass before they left. The moral of this story is to not use GNU/Linux, it will make you gay.

  2. frist psto by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    frosty piss straight to your lips

  3. Unpossible! by DWMorse · · Score: -1, Troll

    But wait, Macs are certainly more secure than PCs.

    Wait, more spin is trickling in... all these accounts were iTunes on Windows machines, right? Right? =P

    Hrm, maybe I should go into marketing for Apple.

    --
    There's a spot in User Info for World of Warcraft account names? Really?
  4. Re:Possible details from AppleInsider by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    It's even easier to guess: this is made up shit by immaterial, the anti-china, pro "us democray" rah rah rah troll.

    Fuck you.

  5. Re:Use temporary credit card numbers online by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    yeah right. of course you didn't see it there. fuck off spammer, and take your shitty calculator with you.

    HURRRR I AM GOOD PROGRAMAR I CAN WRITES CALCULATER