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Chinese hackers break iTunes gift certificate algorithm
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Gilmore)
Thu Apr 30 17:58:27 2009
To: cryptography@metzdowd.com
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 10:53:47 -0800
From: John Gilmore <gnu@toad.com>
http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/chinese-hackers-crack-itunes-store-gift-codes-sell-certificates/
Chinese hackers crack iTunes Store gift codes, sell certificates
By Charles Starrett
Senior Editor, iLounge
Published: Tuesday, March 10, 2009
A group of Chinese hackers has succeeded in cracking Apple’s algorithm
for encoding iTunes Store Gift Certificates, and are creating
discounted certificates using a key generator. Outdustry reports that
a number of the codes are available on the site Taobao, with $200
cards selling for as little as $2.60. The owner of the Taobao shop
offering the cards admitted that the codes are created using key
generators, and that he paid to use the hackers’ service. He also said
that while the price of the codes has dropped steadily, store owners
make more money as the number of customers grows.
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