Apple's annual fraud prevention report highlights $2.2B in blocked fraudulent transactions in a single year

Source: Computerworld

Apple diligently works to against the ever-growing threat of cybercrime at a scale few other companies could hope to match. The tech giant publishes its App Store fraud prevention report every year, and when it does, the company presses the point that its curated system brings much value to developers and customers, including highly effective protection against fraud. It says it prevented more than $2.2 billion in potentially fraudulent transactions in 2025 alone. The company said it has prevented $11.2 billion in such fraud in the last six years. It’s not just fraud Apple protects App Store customers from. It also attempts to protect privacy. App Store rejected 443,000 app submissions for privacy violations; it also rejected 22,000 apps for holding undocumented anti-privacy features. Full Story