BitKeep CEO says some users’ private keys remain at risk after exploit

In keeping with a letter posted on Chinese language blockchain information writer Odaily.com on Dec. 27, Kevin Como, the nameless CEO of BitKeep, warned that customers’ personal keys are nonetheless in danger after a safety incident on Dec. 26 led to over $13 million in losses on the time of publication. BitKeep is without doubt one of the extra widespread noncustodial, decentralized finance multichain wallets with over 6 million customers. Particularly, Como wrote:

“This was a big and atrocious hacker assault incident. The BitKeep APK 7.2.9 (Android Package deal Equipment) set up bundle was hijacked and swapped by the hacker, and in consequence, some customers already put in the APKs that had been planted malware by the hackers, resulting in a leak of customers’ personal keys.”

Como urged customers who had already downloaded the Android APK 7.2.9. to switch their digital belongings to a brand new pockets. “It’s possible that [these wallets] already had their personal keys leaked,” the crypto govt wrote.

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By way of progress, Como defined that the BitKeep group has already been in touch with blockchain safety companies, reminiscent of SlowMist, to hint the stolen funds. “Now we have actively collected details about customers’ stolen belongings, made an entire recollection of hacking procedures and timeline, and have collected proof of the Android 7.2.9 APK malware,” he acknowledged.

Web3 information analytics agency OKLink first reported yesterday that the attacker arrange a number of faux BitKeep web sites that contained an APK file that regarded like model 7.2.9 of the BitKeep pockets. Customers who downloaded and interacted with the malicious file then had their personal keys or seed phrases stolen and despatched to the attacker. 

【12-26 #BitKeep Hack Occasion Abstract】
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In keeping with OKLink information, the bitkeep theft concerned 4 chains BSC, ETH, TRX, Polygon, OKLink included 50 hacker addresses and whole Txns quantity reached $31M.

— OKLink (@OKLink) December 26, 2022