in 2008 Apple App Store One of the issues that the Cupertino tech giant has been working on since it appeared in our lives is the security of applications and preventing their misuse by malicious people. Apple said it uses special tools and technologies in this regard: In the period 2020-2023 It also disclosed the total number of suspicious transactions it blocked.

According to the company’s statement, Apple will make a total loss in the period 2020-2023. $7 billion While suspicious transactions were blocked, more than $1.8 billion of this amount came from blocked transactions in 2023. During this period, Apple blocked 14 million stolen credit cards and more than 3.3 million accounts.

They couldn’t pass Apple’s checks

This is evident from the fraud prevention analysis report that the company published last year 1.7 million applications, They were not included in the App Store because they did not meet the App Store’s strict privacy, confidentiality, and content standards. Apple’s fight against counterfeiting and fraud in its store almost 374 million Developer and user accounts are blocked.

The tech giant’s statement noted that in addition to the accounts of developers who developed malicious or non-standard applications, individual accounts used for fraud were also closed. According to the company, these accounts are usually set up as bots. to write fake reviews or create manipulation be created.

Apple has recently emphasized its fight against counterfeiting. Again App Store The hallmark of being the only market in the Apple ecosystem will be broken by US and EU pressure, and the company is in a way building confidence in its own market with such statements.