The beginning of the week was really interesting. There have been numerous reports that say that to the store App Store received several dozen applications, including the Chinese distribution of Angry Birds 2, which contained the threat XcodeGhost. The virus got into applications without the developers knowing about it and indirectly caused it as well Apple, because its servers are only located in the US and downloading data from there to China is very time-consuming, especially if you consider problems like overcrowding and different connection speeds. As a bonus, a set Xcode it is about 3GB in size, so you can imagine that downloading the set is an all-night affair. In worse cases, even all-day.
That's why Apple decided to take action against the threat XcodeGhost in two steps. First of all, he sent instructions to developers on how to get rid of malicious code in their applications. Subsequently, he also downloaded the compromised applications from App Storu has released a list of malicious apps that people should avoid for now. Finally, he prepared one more important step and that is that the company will upload the set soon Xcode to a server that will be located directly in central China and developers there will be able to download officially Xcode faster than before. Phil Schiller said that while it takes an average of 25 minutes to download a suite in the US, it can take up to three times longer in China. Therefore, the company will soon solve the problem for Chinese developers. It is not yet clear when exactly this will happen, but it could happen in the next few days.
*Source: Cult of Mac
