Originally Posted by moox:
“Might be because Apple has always been placed on a pedestal because of how secure (apparently) they are and how much more secure and reliable their software is. The fanboys have been the doing the same.
Now that Apple is becoming somewhat popular, weaknesses are beginning to show, and it appears they aren't the wonder company they claimed to be.
That's why no one cares anymore if something MS is hacked - they don't claim to be Fort Knox.”
Well I'm not sure it's like that really.
Your statement suggests that Apple are not as secure as people think but that would suggest Apple itself has a flaw, either in iTunes, Mac OS or the App Store itself.
But I've seen no evidence iTunes has been hacked, nor that Mac OS has an exploit, nor that the App Store has been breached in any way.
I think it's more likely that a large number of machines, probably Windows based, have been compromised by a virus of some kind and iTunes login details have been collected that have then been used to order a large number of products from the app store. If that's the case then the weak link is Windows.
The story seems to have died down somewhat, so I suspect it's the later. It didn't take off yesterday and if the breach was as serious as everyones iTunes usernames and passwords leaking or someone coming up with a way to fool the App Store into thinking you're someone else, then it would have been major news.