Security Reminder: Experts Uncover Cryptocurrency Theft Campaign Targeting Android and iPhone Users “By mimicking Coinbase, imToken, MetaMask, Trust Wallet, Bitpie, TokenPocket, or OneKey, these malicious apps were able to steal victims’ secret seed phrases,”
I feel for people that get scammed. It’s the fucking worst. I like to think that karma will find these scammers but these stories are a daily occurrence.
Just wait until quantum computing goes mainstream. It’s going to take this kind of shit to the next level
tldr; Researchers have exposed a sophisticated operation that mostly targets Chinese consumers and uses copycat apps on Android and iOS to imitate legal digital wallet services in order to drain cryptocurrency assets. The wallet services are said to have been distributed through a network of over 40 counterfeit wallet websites that are promoted with the help of misleading articles posted on legitimate Chinese websites, as well as by recruiting intermediaries through Telegram and Facebook groups.
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Security is extremely important. We just need to take care like we are playing with bombs.
I would avoid using your phone for crypto. They are just so vulnerable in so many ways.