They say not all news is good news and this cant be good attention to have during the WWDC. I fully expect Apple to comment after the conclusion of the conference. Investigations seem to suggest that attackers have primarily targeted users that had credit balances with iTunes.
Drew Church was another reader that reported being victimized in the Kingdom Conquest scam. In his case, his credit balance was wiped out by the in-app purchasing. He reported that no one knew his Apple ID save for his spouse. Church is an IT administrator by day, so certainly he'd understand the risks.Souce: Beta-News
Another IT professional, Barry Scheelar, reported in, although his personal experience was different. After being given a $100 iTunes card, Scheelar added it to the account. In less than 24 hours, however, all but $.60 of it had been spent by someone overseas.
In all cases, Apple refunded the users' lost balances with little trouble. However, no reason has ever been given for what may be happening -- and issues with gift cards on iTunes have existed for at least two years. At that time counterfeit cards gave hackers a way to obtain the account credentials of those tricked into purchasing the cards.
Hope to have an update on this issue soon, until then be safe.
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