Apple removes apps after App Store hit with first major malware attack

Dozens of iOS apps in Apple's App Store were infected with malware in recent days, including hugely popular Chinese social networking apps, in what appears to be first major case of hackers breaching Apple's highly controlled mobile software ecosystem.

Apple said Sunday it had removed apps from the App Store that were known to include the malicious code, but not before apps like WeChat, which has hundreds of millions of Chinese users, had been distributed with malware that could attempt to steal users' passwords and other information.