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>>> A HACKER HEIST ON i-TUNES
HAS THOUSANDS OF ACCOUNTS ARE
BROKEN INTO AND AN APP DESIGNER
MAS KETHOUSANDS OF BOGUS BUYS.
THE SHOPPING SPREE STARTED OVER
THE WEEKEND AND MAY AFFECT MANY
OF APPLE'S USER ACCOUNTS.
DAVE MALKOFF HAS MORE ON THIS
APP STORE STEAL.
>> Reporter: I HAVE IT RIGHT
HERE.
IT IS ITUNES.
YOU BUY YOUR MUSIC AND MUSIES
AND TV SHOWS THERE AND APPS FOR
YOUR iPOD OR iPAD OR IPHONE.
THEY ARE ALL THERE AND THERE
ARE LITTLE BOOKS INSIDE THAT
APP STORE AND YOU WOULD SAY
CERTAIN Y THE NUMBER ONE BOOK
TEENAGED VAMPIRE SERIES?
>> DON'T DO THIS.
>> Reporter: TWILIGHT IS TOPS
AT THE BOX OFFICE BUT IN THE i-
TUNES STORE OVER THE WEEKEND?
>> IT WAS AT NUMBER 38.
>> Reporter: BEST SELLERS NO
NAME TITLES FROM A NO NAME
PUBLISHER.
EVERYONE KNOWS AND TRUSTS I-
TUNES.
>> BUT THE QUESTION IS HOW DOES
THIS HAPPEN?
BOOKS, BOOKS.
>> Reporter: IS THERE A LOT OF
SMALL PUBLISHERS IN THE APP
STORE.
MOST ARE IGNORED.
HIS SHOULD VE HATOO.
>> THERE WAS FEW RATINGS AND
COMMENTS.
>> Reporter: BUT HE WASN'T
IGNORED.
>> ♪♪ [ MUSIC ] ♪♪
>> THAT'S THE SAME DUDE.
NOBODY WANTED HIS BOOKS BACK
THERE BUT HE SHOT UP THE -- TO
THE TOP OF THE CHARTS.
>> AND WE GOT A TON OF REPORTS
OF PEOPLE WHOSE ACCOUNTS HAD
BEEN HACKED.
>> Reporter: ROSS MILL HER BEEN
FOLLOWING THIS MASSIVE ATTACK
FROM SAN FRANCISCO.
>> ESSENTIALLY THIS IS THE
BIGGEST WE HAVE EVER SEEN OF
THIS KIND OF SCAM.
>> Reporter: THE FANS OF BOOK
SELLER HAS DISAPPEARED.
>> A FEW HOURS AFTER WE
REPORTED IT, APPLE REMOVED ALL
OF THOSE APPS.
>> Reporter: BUT NEXT WEB HAS
HEARD FROM TONS OF USERS WHO
HAVE BEEN RIPPED OFF.
>> THEY ARE SAYING BETWEEN 30
TALL WAY UP TO $1,400.
>> IT WAS DEFINITELY FISHY TO
SEE THESE NO NAME BOOKS ON TOP
OF THE TWILIGHT SERIES.
>> Reporter: ANY IDEA HOW HE
GOT INTO PEOPLE'S ACCOUNTS TO
STEAL IDENTITIES
>> Reporter: NOW THAT GUY MIGHT
BE GONE OFF THE APP STORE HERE.
BUT WHAT Z HAS REPORTED IS HE
FOUND A BUNCH OF APP FARMS OUT
THERE THAT DO THIS EXACT TYPE
OF THING.
THEY GO INTO YOUR ACCOUNT AND
STEAL YOUR INFORMATION AND BUY
THEIR OWN APPS.
YOU CAN READ MORE ABOUT IT ON
OUR WEBSITE, THAT'S
WWW.KTLA.COM/DAVE.
WE HAVE A LINK TO BOTH ARTS
RIGHT THERE.
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