Security researchers unveiled a cybercrime scheme exploiting Apple Store Online's 'Someone else will pick it up' feature and have reportedly netted criminals over $400,000 in two years. The cybercriminals employ a two-pronged strategy to execute their scam, which allows the buyer, unknowingly involved in the scam, to collect the item from an Apple retail store using a government ID and QR code or order number.
Security researchers unveiled a cybercrime scheme exploiting Apple Store Online's 'Someone else will pick it up' feature and have reportedly netted criminals over $400,000 in two years. The cybercriminals employ a two-pronged strategy to execute their scam, which allows the buyer, unknowingly involved in the scam, to collect the item from an Apple retail store using a government ID and QR code or order number.