In my home state of Massachusetts, a fight is brewing between Apple and Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley, after the latter had her stolen credit card fraudulently drained using iTunes, and Cupertino barely lifted a finger to help her.
Threatpost reports that after having her credit card info stolen during a trip to New Hampshire, the thieves first tried to buy a laptop from Dell using the card number.
Since the transaction looked odd to Dell, they reached out to Coakley about it, and she was able to put a stop to the purchase before it was billed.
Guess what happened when the same thieves tried to spend a buttload of money on iTunes, though? That’s right, they were able to empty Coakley’s account… and Apple seemingly didn’t even care.
Coakley’s hopping mad about it, and she’s now looking for answers from Cupertino. We’ve got to say, she’s got a point: iTunes credit card fraud is a common occurrence, and more often than not, one that Apple doesn’t do enough to address. Let’s hope this bumps them back onto the right track.
John Brownlee is a writer for Fast Company, and a contributing writer here at CoM. He has also written for Wired, Playboy, Boing Boing, Popular Mechanics, VentureBeat, and Gizmodo. He lives in Boston with his wife and two parakeets. You can follow him here on Twitter.
