BitKeep wallet users lose about $8 million in hack

Unknown attackers breached the BitKeep cryptocurrency wallet and stole users’ assets worth about $8 million, PeckShield researchers said.

#PeckShieldAlert #BitKeep reported that several users’ funds were stolen, the official stated that possibly due to downloading a hacked APK version
∼$8M worth of assets have been stolen so far, including ~4373 $BNB, 5.4M $USDT, 196k $DAI, and 1233.21 $ETH pic.twitter.com/ZdomZGFWRO

— PeckShieldAlert (@PeckShieldAlert) December 26, 2022

Losses include approximately 4,373 BNB, 5.4 million USDT, 196,000 DAI and 1,233.21 ETH. CertiK experts noted that the attack is ongoing and that hackers are transferring funds to multiple addresses.

#CertiKSkynetAlert 🚨

We are seeing community reports of an incident with @BitKeepOS

It was reported by the BitKeep team that some APK package downloads have been hijacked and installed with code implanted by hackers.

So far, more than ∼$6M worth of assets have been stolen. pic.twitter.com/77Gj9kMaf6

— CertiK Alert (@CertiKAlert) December 26, 2022

Representatives of the BitKeep team said that the official Android app was hacked. According to them, the attackers injected malware into the downloaded APK file of the wallet.

In October, the project was hit by a Swap service attack; user losses were around $1 million.

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