Apple was found not to be involved in a fake cryptocurrency wallet placed in the App Store

Federal Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton of the Northern District of California has dismissed a class action lawsuit filed by users against Apple. The plaintiff Hanona Deep claims that she downloaded the malicious Toast Plus app from the App Store, mistaking it for a version of the cryptocurrency wallet Toast Wallet. Some time later, the victim discovered that the attackers had stolen 474 XRP from her. Another user, Ryumei Nagao, stated that his losses are estimated at $ 500,000. The plaintiffs believe that Apple deliberately allows hackers to place fraudulent programs in the store, so they demand damages from the company. Apple denies the accusations, saying that it always carefully moderates the applications that get into the App Store.

Initially, the lawsuit was filed in the federal court of Maryland, but in December the case was transferred to the federal court of the Northern District of California. Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton ruled that under the terms of the user agreement, Apple should not be held liable for damages to people who downloaded fake apps. According to the Communications Decency Act, Apple is not considered a creator but a publisher of content provided by another provider. Thus, the company is protected from similar class actions.

Earlier, we reported that after the official presentation of the new iPhone, cryptocurrency fraudsters launched a fake live broadcast on Apple’s fake YouTube channel, which was viewed by tens of thousands of users in a few hours. The fraudsters managed to bring the video to the top of the search results for the most famous video hosting service.