Company is using threat of attacks as defense in case brought against it by Epic Games after Fortnite was booted from the App Store for trying to circumvent developer fees. Apple head of software engineering, Craig Federighi called the level of malware threat against the Mac platform one that the company finds unacceptable and continue to defend against with restrictive application-distribution platforms, he testified. Apple s comments were made as Apple executives begin testifying in a court case (PDF) Epic Games’ suit against the tech giant.
Source: https://threatpost.com/apple-mac-malware-unacceptable/166340/