A friend\u2019s Apple ID was compromised and used to purchase an iTunes Gift Card with someone else\u2019s credit card. Here\u2019s how it happened: in March, her Apple ID was accessed by an attacker and her name, address, phone number, and credit card were changed. Twenty-four hours later the attacker purchased a $20 iTunes gift card. Four days later, Apple failed to charge her Apple Music subscription to the stolen credit card – the credit card had been canceled.<\/p>\n
This all came to light four months later when I was called in to troubleshoot why she couldn\u2019t make purchases in iTunes. We have since changed her iTunes password and turned on two-factor authentication<\/a>. We also verified<\/a> the devices logged in to her Apple ID account were known good devices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A friend\u2019s Apple ID was compromised and used to purchase an iTunes Gift Card with someone else\u2019s credit card. Here\u2019s how it happened: in March, her Apple ID was accessed by an attacker and her name, address, phone number, and credit card were changed. Twenty-four hours later the attacker purchased a $20 iTunes gift card. … Continue reading Friend\u2019s Apple ID Used as a Vector for Credit Card Fraud<\/span>