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17 March 2021, 1:40 am EDT By Apple Anti-Counterfeit Team Removes Over a Million Listings for Fake Apple Products on Instagram and Other Marketplaces  ( Screenshot From Redskull YouTube ) Apple currently has a whole team of dedicated experts that all focus solely on trying to ferret out certain counterfeit products and stop them from generally being sold. Apple has recently shared the tidbit in a certain statement to Bloomberg on a certain piece about counterfeit i...

Stroppa’s interest in the Apple product situation began last year when the charger exploded while he was on vacation at Capri, Italy. — Background photo created by jcomp - www.freepik.com A simple, daily gesture like charging an iPhone turned into a life-threatening task for Andrea Stroppa, a cybersecurity researcher. The charger that exploded after he borrowed it from a friend, Stroppa discovered, was a counterfeit Apple Inc product bought through an unofficial channel on Instagram. Stroppa and his colleagues at Ghost Data Team, a cybersecurity, social-media research firm, looked into th...

Apple Took Down Over 1 Million Counterfeit Product Listings from Instagram and Other Online Marketplaces Posted by Rajesh Pandey on Mar 17, 2021 in Apple News, News A Bloomberg report details that Instagram and Facebook have become a haven for selling fake Apple accessories like the AirPods, iPhone chargers, USB power adapters, and more. These knockoff products are sold at one-tenth of the actual product price and primarily targets customers from Europe and the U.S. The Ghost Data team led by Andrea Stroppa monitored around 163 sellers who were selling fake Apple products on Instagram from F...

Close icon Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification. Marcos del Mazo/LightRocket via Getty Images Apple removed over one million listings for counterfeit and fake products in 2020, a spokesperson said.  Vendors are using Instagram to sell counterfeit iPhone batteries, accessories, and cables, a study found. Apple has a team of experts working to remove counterfeit products on sites like Instagram, where Chinese vendors are running a multi-million dollar business selling fake products, a new study f...