In the days surrounding Black Friday, some customers' calendars began to Applu flooded with spam with invitations to "advantageous" shopping events. Even if the user clicked on the rejection option, the spam did not get rid of it - on the contrary, the action confirmed to the sender that his account was active, and thus started another flood of invitations. LsA came up with a guide on how to get rid of spam in your calendar, and Apple now offers the option to directly report fraudulent invitations.
Some users are still dealing with a seemingly never-ending flood of fraudulent invitations in their Apple calendar. Company Apple now allows them to use the web andCloud report this spam. This is a result of the ever-increasing number of recurring complaints about this type of invitation. The reporting option is currently limited to the website interface andCloudu.com, but in the near future it will expand to the iOS and macOS will certainly not take long to arrive. Thanks to the report, Apple can create a database of spammers, which can then be blocked from sending any invitations to other users.
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The invitation option is included Apple calendars for a long time, but spam only appeared last month. Their creators use Apple calendars to force something on users that would automatically end up in the spam folder if emailed. Even if the given user declines the invitation, a reply is automatically sent to the sender and he thus gets an active account in his database. Apple acknowledged the spam problem in a short statement, apologized to users and promised a remedy in the form of "identifying and blocking the senders of suspicious invitations.". Before the reporting option was introduced, users had no choice but to ignore the invitations, make changes in your calendar settings or turn off notifications. Thanks AppUsers can now report invitations without the sender knowing.
Source: Appleinsider.com
