(Credit: Apple)
Apple says it's investigating an exploit that currently allows users to purchase digital goods inside of iOS apps without actually paying for them.
"The security of the App Store is incredibly important to us, and the developer community," Apple spokesperson Natalie Harrison told CNET in a prepared statement. "We take reports of fraudulent activity very seriously and we are investigating."
The company did not provide any estimate of when action would be taken. Russian technology blog i-ekb.ru, which first reported on the exploit earlier today, noted that the hosting company that currently serves the Web site and the details on how to enable it, has already been contacted by Apple with a takedown notice.
The exploit was created by a Russian programmer named Alexey V. Borodin. In an interview with The Next Web earlier today, Borodin said that the more than 30,000 in-app purchases have been made using the service.
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