Conceded, Apple iTunes Tighten Security

Jakarta - After kicking the rogue application developer from Vietnam and its applications from the iTunes App Store, Apple's iTunes now tighten security. This action is still part of Apple's response to the iTunes account break-ins that occurred earlier this week.

"For safety reasons, the owners iTunes account will now be more often asked to fill out CCV code on their credit cards when making transactions or when accessing iTunes from a new computer," according to an announcement submitted by Apple, told the Sydney Morning Herald

For information, CCV code is a series of numbers consisting of three or four digits listed on the back of credit cards.

The new security rules iTunes Apple announced one day one day after 'eviction' from Vietnam application developer named Thuat Nguyen.

Apple delete account Nguyen and their application as a sanction for his actions that have to cheat, by breaking some iTunes account and abuse it to buy all of Nguyen's application in the iTunes App Store.

Apple did not provide further details about the burglary incident. But the California-based company said the burglary that occurred several days ago is not a big problem and only affects a small part owners iTunes account.

"Only 400 users who account iTunesnya be hacked. This is equivalent to 0.0003 percent of the total owners iTunes account which amounted to 150 million people," Umbar Apple. (RNS / ash)