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At least one group of scammers have found a way to carry thousands of dollars of iTunes accounts through PayPal. I called PayPal's security and was told that a number of iTunes Store account has been compromised'".." The information published this morning in a security hole in iTunes account linked to PayPal. One customer told us focused, "My account was charged more than $ 4,700.

Sources close to Apple said that iTunes has not been compromised and the company is not aware of any sudden increase in fraudulent transactions ".." Not much in his claim that Apple is to blame here. There is no security hole in iTunes, and if you have the misfortune of having hundreds of dollars in unauthorized purchases charged to your iTunes account, it's probably because you have suffered an attack of the robots Phishing or a variant of what has been for years.

It is almost certainly the result of "phishing" in which people have fled their password to attract fake websites that have requested your login and password and I have PayPal. The thieves got greedy, meaning they had realized, we hope that PayPal, which makes great efforts to track organized fraud, it will work. The conclusion that iTunes has not been hacked. PayPal – or more precisely, some of its users.

Among those killed was Dennis Rockstroh San Jose Mercury News, Apple said that "Among the new security measures of other iTunes now requires more frequent security code re-entry of the credit card of a customer. We also recommend that you change your Account iTunes password immediately. (What is wrong with the account Rockstroh said to contact Apple, reversing the operations – but went credit cards without PayPal account. But if the credit card or password is stolen and used iTunes in iTunes, you should contact your financial institution and ask to cancel the card and issue of charging the costs of unauthorized transactions.

This naturally applies to C – although it is clear that fraudsters can use your account mechanism of iTunes to make payments to PayPal. (It?) Even if the rule is: be absolutely sure before entering any sensitive data such as your username and password at any site.

hellroy @ – your iTunes account using your PayPal account? Have you entered your PayPal user name to your iTunes account on the network in a store? (What was the name of the network you joined?) Did you access the iTunes store via Wi-Fi or via cellular network?.

If you have not provided details on the terrestrial C store, the fraudsters were not taken that way. The reason your account is drained weekend is the perfect time for fraudsters to empty the accounts of people "- do not tend to review their accounts and business credit cards can often close to the support lines .

I'm not saying it was not a man-in-the East, "but (a) would have to work a little to do (besides the risk of getting caught running attack in one place which was full of geek) (b) is possibble is the method if your iTunes account is linked to your PayPal account. Let us know.

You know how easy it is to write an online article in an e-mail? This is what the thieves have made to look legitimate purchases from iTunes, so that people and / or PayPal would not notice. But they got greedy and took thousands of people, instead of being smart and taking the $ 99.99 odd. * * The fraud does not use iTunes because the information shows Mark and Derrick Markonia: e-mail is not valid email iTunes.

I've never had a problem at all, if the guard was obviously down. My Paypal account was never accessed directly, they were only shopping with my iTunes account using PayPal as payment. As for the wifi, I did not realize that. When you buy something, password, PayPal account not required.

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