Emails reveal 128 million iOS users were affected by ‘XcodeGhost’ malware
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As noted by a Motherboard report, Dale Bagwell validated in an e-mail that 128 million consumers had actually downloaded more than 2,500 apps contaminated by the malware that originated from the fake copy of Xcode. In total, these 2,500 contaminated apps have actually been downloaded more than 203 million times in the App Store.
Bagwell was the iTunes Customer Experience Manager at the time. Another Apple company discussed that “China represents 55% of customers and 66% of downloads,” likewise describing the “XcodeGhost” malware. According to more internal Apple emails, about 18 million affected users were based in the United States.
The company has actually had several internal conversations about alerting affected designers and users, as you can check out below:
” Due to the large number of customers possibly affected, do we want to send an email to all of them?” Matt Fischer, Apples vice president for the App Store, wrote.
[…]” Just desire to set expectations correctly here. We have a mass-request tool that will allow us to send out the emails, nevertheless we are still testing to ensure that we can precisely consist of the names of the apps for each customer. There have actually been issues with this specific performance in the past,” he wrote.
A number of developers downloaded the contaminated Xcode because Apples servers were slow, so they looked for alternative download links. Even popular apps like Angry Birds 2 were affected. As soon as the malware was recognized, Apple asked developers to immediately recompile their apps with a genuine variation of Xcode.
Following this event, Apple has actually strengthened both the security of the Xcode installation process and the malware scanning when sending apps to the App Store. Earlier today, testament from among the heads of the App Store exposed more details about the iOS app evaluation procedure as part of the trial.
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Another Apple company pointed out that “China represents 55% of customers and 66% of downloads,” likewise referring to the “XcodeGhost” malware. We have a mass-request tool that will allow us to send out the e-mails, nevertheless we are still checking to make sure that we can properly consist of the names of the apps for each customer. Even popular apps like Angry Birds 2 were affected. As quickly as the malware was recognized, Apple asked developers to instantly recompile their apps with a real variation of Xcode.