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Trust Wallet Confirms Chrome Extension Breach With $7 Million in Losses

The company is issuing refunds after releasing a fixed version 2.69.

Overview

  • Trust Wallet says the issue was confined to Chrome extension version 2.68 and instructs users to disable it and update to version 2.69, with mobile and other extension versions unaffected.
  • Security firms report that v2.68 included malicious logic that decrypted stored mnemonics and transmitted them to an attacker server at api.metrics-trustwallet[.]com.
  • PeckShield reports about $2.8 million remains in attacker wallets while more than $4 million was funneled to centralized services including ChangeNOW, FixedFloat, and KuCoin.
  • Trust Wallet confirms roughly $7 million was impacted and pledges full reimbursement, with CZ stating user funds are SAFU as investigators probe how the compromised update was submitted.
  • BleepingComputer observed copycat phishing sites such as fix-trustwallet[.]com seeking seed phrases, and Trust Wallet urges users to follow only official support channels.