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Google Pulls 49 Cryptocurrency Wallet Browser Extensions Found Stealing Private Keys

18 Apr Google Pulls 49 Cryptocurrency Wallet Browser Extensions Found Stealing Private Keys

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Google Pulls 49 Cryptocurrency Wallet Browser Extensions Found Stealing Private Keys

Google has removed 49 cryptocurrency wallet browser extensions after a security researcher discovered they were stealing private keys. These Chrome extensions targeted users of crypto wallets, such as Ledger, Trezor, Jaxx, Electrum, Myetherwallet, Metamask, Exodus, and Keepkey.

49 Malicious Chrome Browser Extensions

Security researcher Harry Denley revealed on Tuesday that 49 Chrome browser extensions have been stealing users’ cryptocurrency wallet private keys. Denley is the director of security at Mycrypto, an open-source tool for generating ether wallets and handling ERC20 tokens.

Posing as legitimate cryptocurrency wallet extensions, the 49 fake Chrome browser extensions contained malicious code that stole private keys, mnemonic phrases, and keystore files, the director described. They gathered data entered during different wallet configuration steps and sent them to one of the attacker’s servers or a Google Form. Some of these fraudulent browser extensions even had a network…

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