Apple iTunes reportedly hacked by malicious app developers

I'm a little confused, I never heard the term "app farm" before I actually don't fully understand this either. If I understand correctly, the idea is for the hacker to break into peoples iTunes accounts, and then buy his own app with the stolen account? If yes, then I think the hackers "end-game" is kind of flawed, because they are bumping their own app to the top of the list, but then it will quickly get yanked as soon as Apple receives complaints that the same app is purchaced multiple times with stolen accounts. Looks like a dead-end game. I don't see any chance of "windfall profits" as the article suggests. It just looks like more "fly swatting" for Apple, nothing unusually devious, is it?

Apple iTunes reportedly hacked by malicious app developers - Yahoo! News

 

Hmm, yea, I was thinking for it to be successful it would have to be more sophisticated and cunning, but true, "brute force" style attacks could be even more successful (look how crippling bonnets are). Still, I don't think Apple will let this "app farming" thing get too far. There's got to be a way to go after the source and shut them down... ok, even if it does turn out to be a game of "whack-a-mole"