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Originally Posted by tompe
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Logon credentials being obtained by phishing is a much more plausible idea than the security system of the iTunes Store being broken.
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Why?
Apples response to use the security code on the backside of a card has no effect if it was phishing. Why is phishing more plausible than more conventionally stolen credit card numbers?
I would say that if something happens involvin a lot of customers a broken security system seems more plausible. That is because you have knowledge that the thing has happened.
Or, I do not see why your guess about what happened is better than other guesses. |
a) Nothing special about Apple or iTunes, most 'hacking' is actually either stolen passwords via phishing, or brute-force attacks to guess passwords. How many fake bank emails have you ever received? Or fake eBay/PayPal ones? It only takes a very small percentage of people to be fooled by these for the spammers to make money. Phishing
is conventionally stolen credit card numbers, on the internet.
b) If someone had actually hacked into the iTunes store servers and retrieved credit card details, why is this such a small level of theft? There are millions of iTunes accounts.