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Mac App Store Ransomware

I didn’t think this was possible:

This App Store app [My Metronome - Tempo Keeper] immediately asks you for money and then disables the “Quit” option so that you can never close it!

And it’s been like that on the App Store for years!

Read in full here:

https://mjtsai.com/blog/2022/04/15/mac-app-store-ransomware/

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