While it may not be as severe a security breach as was seen in the App Store recently, it's a breach nonetheless.
According to Macnn, the App Store has been hit by a second incident of fraud involving a travel App and a single user's account. This time around, applications developed by Chinese company WiiShii Network were catapulted up the charts in the Apps Store's travel section. The Apps in question include two english travel applications--GYOYO Shangahi Travel Helper and GYOYO Beijing Travel Helper--and a Chinese language application, GYOYO Beijing Travel Helper. At the same time, as the Apps found their new App Store celebrity, iTunes user Harper Reed reported that his iTunes credentials had been hijacked, resulting in $168.98 worth of the WiiShii apps being charged to his account. Whether or not other App Store users will step forward on this one remains to be seen.
At the time that this article was written, the applications appear to have been removed from the App Store by Apple.
We'll be following this story closely for any new developments.
gbavolak
July 14, 2010 at 7:58am
This has also happened to me with the Fraudsters buying other Apps along with there own. Had to get a new CC . This happened over the weekend - perhaps not as many prying eyes around at Apple - I got a nice email from Apple, but it seemed that it was more of a form letter and not specifically related to this type of security breach. Accessing my account took several days to clear up Beware!
