tldr; A fake crypto wallet app on Google Play, posing as ‘WalletConnect – Crypto Wallet,’ stole $70,000 in digital assets from users after being downloaded 10,000 times. Cybersecurity firm Checkpoint Research reports that the app exploited user confusion over WalletConnect, a protocol for connecting crypto wallets and DApps, to deceive over 150 victims. The attackers used social engineering and technical manipulation to execute the scam, which relied on smart contracts rather than traditional methods like keyloggers.
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hiorea on
Google needs some lawsuits to actually care. Hope that lawsuit will have big and juicy fine
ChemicalAnybody6229 on
Scammers are the scum of the earth.
kirtash93 on
Its time to sue Google.
chris14020 on
Who the hell would download an app called Fake Crypto Wallet?
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tldr; A fake crypto wallet app on Google Play, posing as ‘WalletConnect – Crypto Wallet,’ stole $70,000 in digital assets from users after being downloaded 10,000 times. Cybersecurity firm Checkpoint Research reports that the app exploited user confusion over WalletConnect, a protocol for connecting crypto wallets and DApps, to deceive over 150 victims. The attackers used social engineering and technical manipulation to execute the scam, which relied on smart contracts rather than traditional methods like keyloggers.
*This summary is auto generated by a bot and not meant to replace reading the original article. As always, DYOR.
Google needs some lawsuits to actually care. Hope that lawsuit will have big and juicy fine
Scammers are the scum of the earth.
Its time to sue Google.
Who the hell would download an app called Fake Crypto Wallet?
Can you smell what the lawyer is cooking?