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[โ€“] teft@piefed.social 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The Windows equivalent of this would basically be the discovery that a bunch of apps on the Microsoft Store were infected with malware.

You mean like this?

https://www.howtogeek.com/788382/beware-of-malware-in-windows-apps-on-the-microsoft-store/

[โ€“] XLE@piefed.social 2 points 2 days ago

If it was the actual apps and not just look-alikes, yes.