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Apple user stole his Bitcoin savings with a fake iOS app

User Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC),installing a fake app from the Apple Store is in trouble. Philip Christodoulou installed a Trezor wallet on his iPhone and invested about $ 600 in bitcoins, but later discovered that his treasure, now worth over a million dollars, had been emptied, according to Bitcoin.com ]. bitcoin scam

The creators of the fake apps managed to avoid verification and the app was listed on the Apple Store. Those who installed the fake app might think it was from Trezor, a genuine cryptocurrency hardware wallet manufacturer. Trezor has consistently stated that it has no Android or iOS apps and has complained about fake apps listed on Apple and Google Play stores. In December 2020, the company warned Android users who own a physical Trezor wallet that these apps are fake and should not be installed on their Android devices. He also stated that he notified Google about these fake applications to protect users' bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies. Google removed the Android version of the Trezor wallet back in December 2020.

Trezor warned its clients never to enter the initial words of their bitcoins on other websites without Trezor's permission, as this could lead to the theft of their savings, emphasizing that the original words must be very carefully guarded like treasures.

While Apple continues to insist that its app store is one of the safest places to get an app, Christodoulou's case has shown that this is indeed not the case. The company needs to be more responsive to its responsibility to protect the resources of the app users sourced from its app store.

Apple should also develop a more robust approach to dealing with fake applications by quickly identifying and removing such applications. Christodoulou believes Apple has betrayed the trust he previously had in the company and would like the tech giant to receive some kind of punishment.


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