50,000 stolen iTunes accounts sold on Taobao, store owner claims unlimited downloads

January 7th, Beijing time, foreign media reported that about 50,000 stolen Apple iTunes accounts were on sale at Taobao, a Chinese online shopping website.

On Taobao, there are about 50,000 Apple iTunes accounts associated with stolen credit cards for sale. Sellers promise buyers that they can enjoy unlimited downloads from the Apple iTunes store through these accounts, and each download only costs RMB 1 yuan.

Apple refused to comment on this matter. Previously, Apple's iTunes Store had been illegally accessed multiple times. For this reason, Apple has recently taken some measures to enhance the security of the iTunes store and warned users to protect their personal information from being leaked.

The lists of these iTunes accounts for sale tell buyers that they can "download anything they like, including software, games, movies, and music, etc." Several iTunes account lists also tell potential buyers that they can only be used for 12 hours, after which these accounts may be closed. China's Global Times was the first to disclose the sales on Taobao.