Cryptohack Roundup: $7M Trust Wallet Hack

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Every week, Information Security Media Group rounds up cybersecurity incidents in digital assets. This week, a $7 million Trust Wallet extension hack, arrest of an ex-Coinbase support agent, the United States sued alleged perpetrators of a $14 million scam, Polymarket hack update, early release scheduled for former Alameda CEO, backlash on Flow's post-exploit rollback plan and Grubhub-linked holiday Bitcoin scam.

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Trust Wallet says attackers stole roughly $7 million in cryptocurrency from nearly 3,000 wallet addresses after compromising its Chrome browser extension. The incident occurred when attackers published a malicious version of the extension that included JavaScript designed to exfiltrate sensitive wallet data. Trust Wallet said the hackers used a leaked Chrome Web Store API key to bypass its internal ...