Hacker secures $8M from BitKeep wallet

Many BitKeep wallet users reported that their funds were drained from their BitKeep wallet.

BitKeep wallet is a decentralised Crypto wallet that is available to use on a Web browser, mobile app, and a DApp (Decentralised Apps) on different Crypto networks, BitKeep  multi-chain wallet allows its users to trade NFTs and other crypto assets. 

On 26 Dec, Many BitKeep  wallet users reported that their funds from the BitKeep wallet drained dramatically.

Why did my Bitkeep wallet automatically transfer 0.05BNB at 04:00 on December 26th when I slept the most soundly? pic.twitter.com/B0jL2mwHFe

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— Far away (@Hk0954859Kim) December 26, 2022

On the same day, BitKeep  wallet responded to this issue and confirmed that suspicious activity occurred because of the unofficial app version of BitKeep wallet which was created by hackers.

The wallet team suggested all the unofficial/unknown BitKeep  users transfer their funds on the official BitKeep wallet which is available on PlayStore or App Store. 

“Now for the safety of user funds, if you downloaded the APK version, please transfer the funds to the wallet downloaded from another official store (App Store or Google Play). In addition, it is recommended to use the newly created wallet address, the address you created through PC may be leaked to hackers,” the BitKeep wallet team said.

The BitKeep  wallet team also provided a Google form link for the affected users to submit their queries, so that the team can help individually to handle the problem. 

The Crypto analytic platform noted that approximately $8 million worth of crypto assets drained by a hacker(s), which includes ~4373 $BNB, 5.4M $USDT, 196k $DAI, and 1233.21 $ETH.

#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

Earlier this, on 17 Oct, BitKeep  wallet suffered a hack attack, where hacker(s) drained $1 million worth of BNB tokens through an auto swap function. To stop the issue, the BitKeep team suspended swap services temporarily till to fix the issue and promised to give refunds to all the affected users.

2/4 For this accident, BitKeep is taking the following measures:

1⃣Suspend BitKeep Swap service to ensure that there are no other asset security issues
2⃣Communicate and cooperate with major security agencies to track down the hackers and do our best to recover the stolen assets

— BitKeep Wallet (@BitKeepOS) October 17, 2022

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Hacker secures $8M from BitKeep wallet

 

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