{"id":215443,"date":"2021-03-31T12:18:46","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T09:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/iphone-user-blames-apple-for-600k-bitcoin-theft-via-fake-app\/"},"modified":"2021-03-31T12:18:46","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T09:18:46","slug":"iphone-user-blames-apple-for-600k-bitcoin-theft-via-fake-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/iphone-user-blames-apple-for-600k-bitcoin-theft-via-fake-app\/","title":{"rendered":"# iPhone user blames Apple for $600K Bitcoin theft via fake app"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong># iPhone user blames <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>le for $600K Bitcoin theft via fake app <\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjEtMDMvODA5MGZhNTYtZjE2ZC00YmEyLWI0ZDMtYmJkMjg3ZWMzOTk1LmpwZw==.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content\" data-v-5a136f3a>A scam cryptocurrency app on Apple\u2019s app distribution service App Store has reportedly stolen $600,000 Bitcoin (BTC) from one iOS user.<\/p>\n<p>Cryptocurrency holder Phillipe Christodoulou fell victim to a scam app on the App Store, losing nearly all his life savings to a fake crypto wallet application, The Washington Post <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2021\/03\/30\/trezor-scam-bitcoin-1-million\/\">reports<\/a> Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Christodoulou went on the App Store last month to search for a mobile Trezor app to check his Bitcoin balance via phone. Unaware that Trezor does not currently <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wiki.trezor.io\/IOS\">provide<\/a>\u00a0an iOS app, Christodoulou downloaded a doppelg\u00e4nger Trezor application that boasted close to five stars, giving the impression that it was indeed an official app. After entering his seed phrase, Christodoulou said that his savings of 17.1 BTC were stolen.<\/p>\n<p>Christodoulou said that Apple, which collects 15% to 30% commissions on sales, should be held responsible for this situation. \u201cThey betrayed the trust that I had in them. Apple doesn\u2019t deserve to get away with this,\u201d he stated. According to the Washington Post, Christodoulou filed a report with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Following notification from Trezor, Apple removed the fake Trezor app several times, but it kept appearing on the App Store days later.<\/p>\n<p>The crypto community issomewhat divided on whether Apple should be blamed for the accident. \u201cThis is a f*cking nightmare. Scammed by a fake Trezor app in the \u2018curated and safe\u2019 Apple App Store,\u201d crypto investor Scott Melker <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/scottmelker\/status\/1376929201920618497?s=20\">said<\/a>\u00a0on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>.\u00a0Jameson Lopp, co-founder of crypto custody platform Casa\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lopp\/status\/1376932031284838412?s=20\">said<\/a>,\u00a0\u201cStop entering seed phrases into software. Only enter seeds into dedicated Bitcoin hardware devices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fake cryptocurrency wallet and trading apps have appeared on the App Store before. United Kingdom-based crypto intelligence company Coinfirm said that five people have reported having their crypto stolen by a fake Trezor app on iOS, with total losses estimated at $1.6 million.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Trezor has alsowarned users about fraudulent doppelg\u00e4nger apps on the Google Play Store.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Apple and Trezor did not immediately respond to Cointelegraph\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p><template data-name=\"subscription_form\" data-type=\"markets_outlook\"><\/template><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Cryptocurrency holder Phillipe Christodoulou fell victim to a scam app on the App Store, losing nearly all his life savings to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":215444,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/1200_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjEtMDMvODA5MGZhNTYtZjE2ZC00YmEyLWI0ZDMtYmJkMjg3ZWMzOTk1LmpwZw==.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[90974,75571,74862,75023,74863,75820,74879,5029,117,71006,72287],"class_list":["post-215443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-app-store","tag-applications","tag-bitcoin","tag-bitcoin-scams","tag-cryptocurrencies","tag-trezor","tag-wallet","tag-apple","tag-business","tag-fraud","tag-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215443\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}