Three Bitcoin Holders Sue Apple Over Counterfeit Sparrow Wallet App
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Three Bitcoin holders sue Apple for $1.8M loss due to a counterfeit Sparrow Wallet app on the App Store, alleging fraud and negligence despite developer warnings since January 2024.
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Sparrow Wallet's developer warned about counterfeit iOS apps since January 2024.
Three Bitcoin holders have sued Apple in California federal court, saying a counterfeit Sparrow Wallet app took a combined $1.8 million. One plaintiff reported the app to Apple; another downloaded it nine days later and lost $840,000, the complaint says. Sparrow Wallet developer Craig Raw has publicly flagged copycat iOS apps since January 2024. [...] Apple declined to comment on the lawsuit to TechCrunch, instead pointing to its latest ecosystem analysis which found that it rejected more than 371,000 malicious App Store submissions.
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