According to a report, Apple says that only 400 out of 150 million iTunes accounts were compromised. “Apple followed up with me late this afternoon to my question about the number of iTunes accounts that had been compromised. Turns out, not that many. Apple told me that an extremely small percentage of users, about 400 of the 150 million iTunes users – that is less than 0.0003% of iTunes users, were impacted,” the report said. Apple also said that the iTunes servers were never in any danger. “To the question of whether the iTunes servers themselves were ever in any danger of hackery Apple says that the iTunes servers were not compromised in any way,” the report continued. “Apple says that starting today they’re implementing a new security measure to minimize this type of fraud in the future. Basically you’ll have to enter your credit card’s CCV code a little more often from now on,” the report concluded.
Multiple reports from iTunes users during the weekend suggested that their iTunes account was hacked. This led to unauthorized credit card charges. Apple issued a statement, mentioning that customers should contact their financial institution if the suspect unauthorized charges to their credit cards. In addition, Apple suggests for these users to change their iTunes password.
Source: Clayton Morris
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