People that installed Fitness Balance or Calories Tracker apps on their phones were at risk of losing money from their bank accounts.

Both apps were “designed” to measure BMI, monitor calorie intake or encourage to drink more water but actually they utilized the fingerprint scanning function to steal money from users.

According to posts on reddit.com applications encouraged users to scan their fingerprint for personalization of diet and measurement of calories. After the scanning process user was shown a payment pop-up for the amount of USD 99.99, 119.99 or EUR 139.99. If Apple account had credit card linked to it user could inadvertently make a fingerprint confirmation of payment.

Both apps have been removed from the App Store.