Apple removes scamming ‘app farms’ from iTunes App Store

“As the story of of iTunes accounts being hacked continues to develop, we’ve come across a number of what we would call ‘App Farms’ in iTunes being used to scam users out of their money,” Zee reports for The Next Web.

Zee reports, “Despite a claim that we’re exaggerating the gravity of the entire situation, let’s show you a few examples of these app farms and you can judge for yourself.”

1. The Company/Thuat Nguyen begun our investigation. It’s responsible for 42 apps, 41 of which are book apps, all in the top 50 best selling apps in the books category. This app developer hacked iTunes user accounts and purchased their own apps using those accounts. (Update: This app developer has now had all his apps removed)

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