By Juli Clover, MacRumors
The App Store prevented 1.6 million risky and untrustworthy apps from defrauding users in 2021, according to new fraud analysis data shared Wednesday by Apple. Apple says that the App Store stopped “nearly $1.5 billion in fraudulent transactions” during the year.
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Apple rejected more than 34,000 apps for hidden features, and more than 157,000 that were spam or copycat apps. 343,000 apps were rejected for various privacy violations. Over 800,000 fraudulent developer accounts were terminated.
More than 170 million fraudulent customer accounts were deactivated, and 118 million attempted fraudulent account creations were rejected. 155,000 nefarious apps that attempted to skirt the App Review process by altering functionality or concept after approval were rejected or removed from the App Store. 63,500 illegitimate apps on pirate storefronts were blocked by Apple, and more than 3.3 million apps distributed illicitly through the Enterprise Developer Program were blocked.
For more on this story, check the complete report at MacRumors:
https://www.macrumors.com/2022/06/01/apple-app-store-fraud-analysis/
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