Fraudsters beat App Store vetting by swapping out app data

AppleInsider
Feb 1, 2023, 9:28 am248 pts
Con artists involved in a so-called "pig butchering" scam sneaked apps into Apple's App Store and Google Play Store by temporarily presenting innocuous functionality. The App Store includes an option for users to report fraud with apps, and in 2022, Apple said it had blocked 1.6 million "problematic apps" away…

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