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Apple: Manga App Seller Linked to Fraudulent Purchases

On Sunday, the 50 top-selling book apps in Boys Over Flowers).

Coinciding with the rise in these apps' rankings was an increase in reports of hacked iTunes s. According to the reports, an unknown person or persons accessed these s and purchased anywhere from US$100 to US$1,400 worth of apps. s have been hacked to purchased large quantities of apps with iTunes in the past.

Apple has removed the apps and Nguyen altogether from the App Store "for violating the developer Program License Agreement, including fraudulent purchase patterns." Apple told the Engadget website that customer information should be safe since "developers do not receive any iTunes confidential customer data when an app is ed." However, Apple also said that customers whose credit card or iTunes was stolen and used should cancel the stolen cards, issue a chargeback for unauthorized transactions, and change the iTunes .

Thanks to Shiroi Hane for the news tip.

Sources: Engadget, Slashdot, The Next Web