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Hacker finds a way to get in-app purchases in iOS apps for free

A hacker known as ZonD8o has reportedly come up with a method that enables you to make in-app purchases on iOS devices for free...

July 14, 2012 / 14:40 IST

A hacker known as ZonD8o has reportedly come up with a method that enables you to make in-app purchases on iOS devices for free. The hack could be especially problematic for developers because it is so easy to pull off that even novices with no experience of hacking devices could do it. The device doesn’t even need a jailbreak to use the hack. The hack just needs you to download some security certificates from the hacker’s website, change some settings on the device’s Wi-Fi connection, and that’s it. The people at Apple blog 9to5Mac have tested it out and confirm that the hack works on several devices, from iOS 3 to the yet-unreleased iOS 6.

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first published: Jul 14, 2012 02:34 pm

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