Peter Binder This weekend saw a second case of alleged fraud and abuse of user accounts on the AppStore. These were travel-based applications that saw significant sales growth.
Questionable apps from developer WiiShii Network were quickly pulled from the AppStore after ArsTechnica reported their rise in the sports category on Friday. [EN] GYOYO Shanghai Travel Helper and [EN] GYOYO Beijing Travel Helper made it into the TOP 10 even before they were removed.
An appleinsider.com reader sent in a sample copy of his iTunes invoice, $168,89 missing from his account without his permission. The $3,99 purchases were all from the Shanghai WiiShii retailer.
This incident came a few days after the first scam (which we already informed you about), when developer Thuat Nguyen took 42 of the TOP 50 places in the book section of the AppStore.
Apple responded very quickly, removing the developer and its apps from the AppStore. It further appeals to users to check their accounts to make sure that no one has made purchases on them without their knowledge. It was also emphasized again that private data is not sent to developers when they purchase their app.
In total, 400 of the total 150 million active iTunes accounts were compromised. The company is now planning to introduce new security features to minimize other various scams in the future. For us users, this may mean entering the three-digit credit card security code (CCV-Credit Card Verification) more often. Hopefully, this step will at least partially prevent future scams.
Ad card payment. I make all payments through RF Bank, where my card as such is still blocked with a security code. However, when I shop, I don't get debited right away, but usually about 3 times a week, so I can easily shop for almost 3 days without getting debited, and then I get a message on my mobile saying that I need to confirm the payment card, that it can't be accessed, and that there is a problem with the last payment. Unfortunately, if I don't do this directly via PC iTunes, I can't see what kind of payments are in the queue, I can only approve on my mobile phone that the card is OK. So the file should mainly give the user the possibility to view all current payments on their mobile phone. The card code will not help in this case.
Now to worry about my money
I don't know exactly where to ask - does anyone have a link or procedure (preferably official) how to get your book or publication into iBooks?
I think it should have an ISBN, be in epub format and you must have a US Tax ID..
Thanks a lot. And you probably don't have an official link, do you?