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  • Crypto wallet BitKeep lost over $9M over a cyber attack

Crypto wallet BitKeep lost over $9M over a cyber attack

Pierluigi Paganini December 28, 2022

Decentralized multi-chain crypto wallet BitKeep lost over $9 Million worth of digital currencies after a cyber attack.

BitKeep was the victim of a supply chain attack that resulted in the theft of over $9 Million worth of digital currencies from its customers. The attack took place on December 26, threat actors were able to distribute tainted versions of the company’s Android app that were designed to steal users’ digital assets.

The attackers were able to hijacked BitKeep App 7.2.9 APK hosted on the company website, app installed via Google Play, iOS App Store and Google chrome are safe.

“In this large-scale malicious attack, the hacker exploited and hijacked BitKeep App 7.2.9 APK on our website. With maliciously implanted code, the altered APK led to the leak of user’s private keys and enabled the hacker to move funds.” reads an Open Letter from BitKeep CEO published on its website. “There is no security issue for the BitKeep official app installed via Google Play, iOS App Store and Google chrome. However, if you have downloaded BitKeep 7.2.9 APK on BitKeep website or updated it to this version via website or in the app, I’d like to urge you to download a new app via the official store, generate a new wallet address and move your funds, because there’s a chance that your private key is leaked due to this hijacked APK in question.”

These are the hijacked APK versions: 7.2.9 com.bitkeep.w4 7.2.9 com.bitkeep.wallet5 7.2.9 io.bitkeep.wallet 7.2.9 http://com.bitkeep.app 7.2.9 com.bitkeep.w5.

2/ After preliminary investigation by the team, it is suspected that the latest BitKeep 7.2.9 APK downloads have been hijacked by hackers and installed with code implanted by hackers.

— Bitget Wallet 🩵 (@BitgetWallet) December 27, 2022

Researchers from blockchain security company PeckShield estimated that attackers stole over $9 million worth of crypto assets.

#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

“We have traced and identified around $8 million stolen funds. BitKeep Tech team is pinpointing the root cause and tracking the stolen funds, some of which have already been frozen with the help of third parties.” reads one of the tweets published by BitKeep. “Funds stolen are on BNB Chain, Ethereum, TRON and Polygon. More than 200 addresses on the other 3 chains were used in the heist, and all funds were transferred to 2 main addresses in the end.”

Users who have downloaded the APK file for version 7.2.9 on the BitKeep website have to remove it and install the latest version (7.3.0). They have to transfer the funds to a newly generated wallet address.

The company is working with the SlowMist team and other security specialists in the industry to track the stolen funds, and announced it has locked and frozen part of the stolen tokens.

In October the company suffered another security breach impacting its Swap service that caused losses of approximately $1 million.

🧵1/4 🚨About the #BitKeep Swap hacking incident and its solution:
Dear BitKeep Swap user, BitKeep Swap was hacked, and our development team has managed to contain the emergency. The hacker has been stopped. The attack happened on BNB Chain, causing a loss of about $1 million.

— Bitget Wallet 🩵 (@BitgetWallet) October 17, 2022

Threat actors continue to target the cryptocurrency industry, yesterday BTC.com announced it was the victim of a cyberattack that resulted in the theft of approximately $3 million worth of crypto assets. According to the company, the attack took place on December 3rd, 202 and stolen assets belong to both customers and the company.

$700,000 worth of crypto owned by the company’s clients and $2.3 million in digital assets owned by the company were stolen in the cyberattack.

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