It is their job, but at the same time, the current protection measures within the App Store are obviously not perfect. Since I started digging into this, I got confirmation from several other developers that they witnessed something similar. Usually leading either to de-prioritization within the search, banning the app or even complete removal. I really hope that the customer support in Apple will be able to help me with this attack.

That's what I was thinking. With these numbers, Apple will obviously de-prioritize the app within the search. 😕 Just wrote to Apple, thanks for the tip. Hope they'll be able to act on it somehow.

oh man, this is really sad to see. :( Really hope that Apple will address it sooner or later.