Apple is back in the news again, but this time in response to a Chinese firm that reportedly infringed on around 250 apps from them. The company immediately deleted the apps, but by doing this they are also risking the personal information of any of its users.
The Violators
According to several reports, it was specifically from a hidden software development kit developed by a Chinese mobile advertising provider named Youmi. According to a report by SourceDNA, over one million users had downloaded these infringed apps and the security blog found over 250 tainted apps.
This incident, put forth by Youmi, unfortunately puts all Apple users who used these apps at serious risk of having vital information leaked.
Apple stated that they have identified a group of apps that were using a third- party advertising SDK, which uses private APIs to gather private information such as user email addresses and device identifiers and route data to its company server.
The only consolation is that the company promptly responded and removed all of the apps that were using this SDK kit, and any apps that are created with this kit will be denied and deleted.
Future Notes for Apple
This is a very tricky question to answer because unfortunately for a company as prestigious as Apple, there are most likely always going to be hackers and enemies that will try to steal precious information from them.
The key thing for Apple to do is always have the utmost protection on all of their devices and always stay alert for future threats against them. Hackers will likely not go away and they will always keep on trying to get vital information from prestigious companies around the world.
Immediate Retaliation Was Necessary
Apple’s rapid response is commendable, and there’s nothing less to be expected of such a magnanimous corporation. In the future, Apple will always be popular given the cult following they have garnered over the years and this little incident will not affect them too much.
However, it is fair to mention how Apple users might think twice about downloading an app after this event.
