My iTunes account hacked, address and card details changed

I just recieved 2 emails informing me of 2 gift purchases of £5,000 yen. My iTunes is now in Japanese and my address and card details have been changed.
I have contacted iTunes support about this but god knows when I will get a reply.
I now dont trust iTunes enough to go in and change the account details.
Any clues as to how this has happened?

I just got a call from someone at the Apple Help Desk, and I gave him more information plus emailed him copies of the gift certificates which you can view in your purchase history. I printed them as PDFs and emailed them to him, you may also be able to take a screenshot. They seem to be serious about correcting this problem.
If you haven't already, I'd suggest you delete your credit card info from iTunes until we can determine how our accounts were compromised. I changed my password for the iTunes store. Apparently, changing the password for the store also changes the password for my .mac (mobileme) account so your email account will require you to input the new password.
I read somewhere that an account can get compromised from downloading music files from torrents. If the song file has some malicious code it can be executed when played in iTunes. Or possibly while downloading a torrent, a port is open on your computer that can leave you exposed. I don't if this is what has happened to me, but I can't rule it out either. I'm hoping that the attack was on Apple's side and that my computer wasn't compromised, but I'm trying to check my computer for any malware.
I've always assumed that since I use a Mac, my chance of getting affected by an outside attack is less, but I guess the danger is still there. So far, it appears that only my iTunes account has been affected, and nothing else.
Have you downloaded any files that might have compromised your computer?

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