Comments on: My iTunes Account got hacked!

By: lito

lito — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:21:59 +0000

oh! sorry for that. buti ganon lang kalaki ang nagamit sa account mo.

By: suzane

suzane — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:43:25 +0000

Hello!
I collect utility bills from different countries.
The first 3 persons who send me all the Philippines bills (phone, house and electricity) for one year (12 bills of each kind) will receive 20 dollars from me to your paypal account.
Send me email first.
Thank you very much in advance.

By: ra-3

ra-3 — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 08:50:06 +0000

wow yuga, first overcharging sa iphone mo then na-hack naman itunes account mo. happens to the best of us, i guess. or is the problem inherent in apple itself? the more u look into that company and its policies, the more gusto mong batuhin ng buto ng santol. really leaves a bad taste in the mouth.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:50:37 +0000

Geez… That is why Id rather buy Cd’s than iun iTunes… god… technology these days

By: matt chua

matt chua — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 02:21:38 +0000

Who’ got any ipod touch? I can help y’all out modify it….
Any version… 1st gen. Or 2nd gen. I can jailbreak it…. So free apps for
Everyone no need for itunes account…. Just reply to me…. My email address is
matchu_12_1994@yahoo.com

By: Arnold

Arnold — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:23:03 +0000

I think the majority of hacked ym accounts are coming from people who got thier computers infected on a virus that specifically attacks yahoo messenger.

By: Reel Advice

Reel Advice — Thu, 14 May 2009 03:00:18 +0000

I have to agree with Hamilton Chua. It is probably the Yahoo! account that gave away your iTunes account. In the past few months, I have seen a significant number of my friends’ YM accounts being hacked sending me messages about slimming products and what-not! I never dared to go to these links knowing they are very suspicious links!

By: Nash

Nash — Mon, 11 May 2009 00:13:54 +0000

Oh my!

scary, i hope this won’t happen to me.

I hope you’ll get a positive feedback from the appStore admins.

By: Jehzeel Laurente

Jehzeel Laurente — Fri, 08 May 2009 16:41:13 +0000

I think may nag sabotage sa iphone mo. May nagnanakaw ng passwords and cookies thru bluetooth. Kahit naka off yung bluetooth ng phone pwede eto pasukin. Nakalimutan ko anong tawag doon. hehe…

Dapat in public places naka off talaga ang phone, kundi yari sa bluetooth hackers.. kasi kahit e hide or disable ang bluetooth, na-a access parin wooooooot!

By: information

information — Wed, 06 May 2009 16:15:02 +0000

That is why i used a free account on iTunes so that i wouldn’t worry of getting hacked. Never connected my iTunes with my paypal or credit card.

I wanted to buy some apps. Can i pay you for the download? We could both benefit from it i guess. Hati tayo.

May maganda kasing app na gustong gusto ko.

By: yuga

yuga — Tue, 05 May 2009 13:52:30 +0000

Hamilton is right. I think it was my Yahoo! Email account that was hacked. Then they used it to retrieve a new password for my iTunes account.

iTunes Customer Support has reversed the charges on my card including all taxes I could have incurred. I should see it in my statements in 2 to 3 days.

That was really quick of them.

By: Nil A.

Nil A. — Tue, 05 May 2009 11:16:24 +0000

Ever thought that sites like Meebo or eBuddy, that offer multiple and simultaneous access to instant messengers like Yahoo, are password farms?
I’m not saying that Meebo, eBuddy, and/or Trillian are password farms; but, there are a lot of free programs or software out there that allow you to login to Yahoo, AIM, MSN, GTalk, etc and requires you to give them your personal passwords to personal accounts.
Gather all the passwords that they have in their databases and you get world domination. Just kidding!
But think about, if someone gets to hack any of those databases (including those of password farms), they can run a software to collect funds from anybody.
Hmmm… how about yung local na IM agents (mobile or desktop) na pino-provide ng local providers natin dito, mataas kaya security ng password info natin sa kanila.

By: rogerd

rogerd — Tue, 05 May 2009 07:29:15 +0000

check this out. yahoo account security breach
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wzEnG2mOyg

By: Go

Go — Tue, 05 May 2009 04:58:15 +0000

or it may not be hacked at all. it could just be wrong charges, you know, technical errors. let us know abe when apple replies to you if it was indeed hacking that took place.

By: Jhay

Jhay — Tue, 05 May 2009 02:59:33 +0000

Sh*t happens. If it’s any consolation, it’s a good thing the hacker didn’t buy expensive apps or tons of other content.

By: Trent

Trent — Tue, 05 May 2009 02:40:51 +0000

The guy hacked into your account to download the Holy Rosary audiobook? Oh the irony.

By: Angelo Panares

Angelo Panares — Tue, 05 May 2009 02:18:13 +0000

This is bad. I once clicked on a link shared by a YM contact and I was brought to a yahoo login page, I logged in and after that there was nothing there. Next thing I knew my yahoo account was already hacked and it was used to spam.

Carefull lang talaga. as Doc Harry said, happens to the best of us. tsk tsk

By: Andre Marcelo-Tanner

Andre Marcelo-Tanner — Tue, 05 May 2009 01:30:38 +0000

virus scanner?

also did you look into the possibility of it being an offline intrusion? someone around the house, someone you know? lots of possibilities.

By: yuga

yuga — Mon, 04 May 2009 17:01:41 +0000

The password on my Yahoo email is actually stronger than my GMail. It has alpha-numeric characters.

I was just to lazy or busy to take action when I saw that email from iTunes saying I’ve requested a new password.

By: Eizan

Eizan — Mon, 04 May 2009 16:51:04 +0000

Woah scary! And I use my Yahoo! Mail account for PayPal, eepp. O___O

I don’t open my email in outside terminals; only at home.

By: sylv3rblade

sylv3rblade — Mon, 04 May 2009 16:26:01 +0000

puro games ang dinl. Wonder how this happened.

By: Jay

Jay — Mon, 04 May 2009 14:24:17 +0000

Unit Price: Free

At LEAST =)

By: Paul Pisig

Paul Pisig — Mon, 04 May 2009 11:04:02 +0000

To create a password, include the following:

Capital letter at the beginning, small letters next, then numbers, then special characters like $, #, @, etc.

What’s alarming too is that when I first opened this blog entry, my Norton 360 prompted a warning message that this particular page has a threat. I didn’t read the message thoroughly so I wasn’t able to understand if this page has a spyware, virus, or whatever.

By: eldie21

eldie21 — Mon, 04 May 2009 09:48:28 +0000

Di kaya un pagregister mo ng FREETXT na nakikita sa website. Sabihin may FREE LOAD pero wag ka kin0c0pya na un Username at Password. Imagine, kahit ikaw magkaka-IDEA ka na un pagreg mo sa website nila eh un ang pers0nal account. So you better be CAREFOOL. Hahaha piz0ut… CIAO!

By: Pink

Pink — Mon, 04 May 2009 09:03:59 +0000

What?! Grabe naman..

By: chris

chris — Mon, 04 May 2009 08:38:17 +0000

awts..dapat password mo may mga special char..

By: BrianB

BrianB — Mon, 04 May 2009 08:21:27 +0000

So why didn’t the hacker buy a more expensive app?

By: Fried Pal

Fried Pal — Mon, 04 May 2009 08:18:31 +0000

That’s something that I should prevent too. Sayang rin ang perang nawala sayo!

By: Hamilton Chua

Hamilton Chua — Mon, 04 May 2009 08:09:01 +0000

I think someone hacked your yahoo e-mail account and used that to request for a new password.

I have heard lots of stories about hacked yahoo mail accounts. My own brother’s account was hacked a few months back, we all got e-mail from him that he was stuck somewhere abroad and needed money to get home.

This is really disturbing if you use yahoo mail for things like your paypal account.

I would be interested in any theories as to why Yahoo mail seems to be so prone to being hacked and whether Gmail is more secure.

Is it just a case of weak passwords ?

By: Darren

Darren — Mon, 04 May 2009 07:40:44 +0000

hope only minimum damages, Yuga!!