Apple Blocks iTunes DRM Hack
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Quickly responding to news that three programmers discovered a way to download songs from the iTunes Music Store stripped of their digital rights management protections, Apple has updated its software to block the hack. Legitimate customers must now upgrade to iTunes version 4.7 to continue using the service.
"The security hole in the iTunes Music Store which was recently exploited has been closed, and as a consequence the iTunes Music Store will now sell music only to customers using iTunes version 4.7," Apple said in a statement. The rogue software, called PyMusique, was partly developed by Jon Lech Johansen, who is known for breaking the copy protection used in DVDs.