“We are working with the developers to make sure they’re using the proper version of Xcode to rebuild their apps.” “We’ve removed the apps from the App Store that we know have been created with this counterfeit software,” Apple spokeswoman Christine Monaghan said in an email.
The company has now officially acknowledged the problem and is now removing apps affected by this ‘hack’ from the App Store.ĭevelopers were inadvertently submitting malware by using counterfeit versions of Xcode, Apple’s development software, to submit apps. The fake Xcode, dubbed XcodeGhost, would inject malicious code into otherwise-legitimate apps during the submission process.Īpple provided the following statement to Reuters: Apple has admitted that it is App Store integrity was compromised as apps were secretly infected by fake Xcode tools before submission to the App Store.
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