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This only comes to light because of the discovery process during a lawsuit. Where's the regulations to protect consumers? Oh right, the US regulators don't pr

This only comes to light because of the discovery process during a lawsuit. Where's the regulations to protect consumers? Oh right, the US regulators don't protect consumers. At all. Even though that's what they're supposed to do.

musicale 5y ago
The 128M number seems to be new, but XCodeGhost was widely reported at the time (e.g. in the New York Times, BBC News, Wired, InfoWorld, Mac sites like 9to5Mac, and of course Ars Technica itself.) More references at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XcodeGhost https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XcodeGhost Here's what Apple[1] said[2] at the time: "We've removed the apps from the App Store that we know have been created with this counterfeit software," said Apple spokeswoman Christine Monaghan. "We are working with the developers to make sure they're using the proper version of Xcode to rebuild their apps," said Christine Monaghan. [1] https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-34311203 https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-34311203 [2] https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=09222015a https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=09222015a