Instagram has a counterfeit Apple product problem.
What you need to know
A security research group has found a major issue with counterfeit Apple products on Instagram.
Over 163 counterfeiters were found in a month, with one earning over $140,00 in a day.
Apple has a team that has taken down over a million listings last year alone.
Andrea Stroppa, a cybersecurity researcher, had an iPhone charger explode on her. As reported by Bloomberg, the investigation that she and her colleagues launched afterward revealed some shocking results.
Stroppa and his colleagues at Ghost Data Team, a cybersecurity, social-media research firm, looked into the incident and found he was far from alone. Chinese illicit factories and wholesale vendors are using the Facebook Inc. app to sell fake Apple accessories such as AirPods, lightning cables, iPhone batteries and USB power adapters. The knockoffs, identical except for their quality and security standards, are sold at discounted prices of as muc...
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