Key Takeaways
- Trust Wallet users were hit by an extension exploit that drained over $6 million from their wallets on Christmas.
- Trust Wallet confirmed the incident on social media, saying that only the browser extension version 2.68 was affected.
Trust Wallet on Thursday confirmed a security incident affecting version 2.68 of its Chrome extension and urged users to disable the extension and upgrade immediately. The team said its mobile app and other versions of the browser extension were not impacted.
The incident was first reported by on-chain sleuth ZachXBT on December 25. According to the analyst, numerous Trust Wallet users have experienced unauthorized withdrawals following a recent update to the Chrome extension.
At the time of initial reporting, more than $6 million had been drained from affected wallets.
The exact technical root cause has not yet been confirmed publicly. Trust Wallet said an investigation is underway and that the team will share updates as soon as they are available.
Source: https://cryptobriefing.com/trust-wallet-extension-flaw-6-m-drains-christmas/
