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The hacker group 1775 Sec, in collaboration with another group known as the European Cyber Army, on Tuesday announced that it had successfully hacked into Apple's database. 1775 Sec has also claimed responsibility for the recent Dropbox downtime. They published the results of today's operation on Pastebin.com.

The hacked information that was posted contains items such as user names, locations, email addresses, passwords and phone numbers. A lot of it seems to be old though, with most devices showing iOS 6 as their operating system. In 1775

IGN is giving away free promo codes for Gameloft's Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour as part of their Free Game of the Month promotion. The first-person shooter is normally $6.99 on the App Store.

Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour was originally released for iOS devices in December of 2012, and it was met with mostly positive reviews. TouchArcade called it the one of the best online first-person shooters you can play on a mobile device. The game has also been praised for its detailed graphics and gameplay. You can grab a free promo code for the iPhone, iPad or iPod touch here. The game requires iOS 5.0 or later and is rated 17 or older.

The simulation cooking game Cook, Serve, Delicious! was originally launched for the PC in 2012, and it has slowly gained a large following after making its way to iOS and eventually Steam. However, the game was only released for the iPad as a $4.99 HD version and free "lite" version, but now an iPhone version of the game has been added to the App Store too.

Cook, Serve, Delicious! is a lot like other cooking simulation games where you prepare food by completing various cooking tasks in the correct order. What separates it from other standard cooking games is its business simulation, and its requirement that you complete other non-cooking tasks like cleaning the toilet.

Although Evasi0n opened up iOS 7 for jailbreakers, many of the tweaks are not yet compatible with devices using Apple's new 64-bit A7 chip, including the iPhone 5s, the iPad Air and the iPad Mini with Retina Display. One of the most popular jailbreak tweaks, WinterBoard, is now compatible according to creator Jay Freeman (aka Saurik, of Cydia fame).

WinterBoard is basically an expansion of SpringBoard that allows the user to apply themes to the iOS interface, which makes it the ultimate tool for customization. With WinterBoard you can change the appearance of your icons by loading various

There were a lot of well received games released to the Apple App Store this week, but not a lot of free titles. If you are only looking for free games, you can still grab Super Stickman Golf 2 and Pac-Man for free for a limited time. Other App Store highlights include the return of Duke Nukem, and Yahoo's push to take over iOS Home screens with the release of its news app on January 1st, and its overhauled Sports app.

Here's a quick look at some of the new games and apps released to the Apple App Store this week (01/05/14 to 01/11/14).