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One possible thought of why they use the Store Credit but not Credit Cards: If you hack my Visa, and I report it, Visa will put a stop on the payment (if caught
by JacobAldridge 15y ago
One possible thought of why they use the Store Credit but not Credit Cards: If you hack my Visa, and I report it, Visa will put a stop on the payment (if caught in time); but it seems like Apple is simply refunding the Store Credit.
If the criminal/s (or the original instigator/s at least) are using the Store Credit to buy their own Apps, they wouldn't want the payment to be stopped. Seems like Apply is giving them that payment (less Applue's 30% of course) and refunding the victim - Apple is out of pocket, but the criminal is still paid.
- alex_c 15y agoThat seems risky. Apple presumably knows the identity of app developers, since it needs to send them payment. It shouldn't be too hard to detect a pattern, where certain apps are bought with stolen iTunes credit much more often than others.
- mattmanser 15y agoThe article mentioned in-game credits, I wonder if this could be a real money trading scam for in-game credits or item. Although I must admit I have no idea if the game mentioned allows in game trades which are crucial to allow RMT. If so it's not so risky as the sucker will end up being the player who bought the items and I doubt anyone ever pursues their claims as they've invariably violated the TOS of the game. Edit: The more I think about this, the more genius a way to monetize this hack it is.