Security Vulnerability in Web3Auth Enables Unauthorized Access to Keplr Wallets

A security vulnerability in Web3Auth allowed attackers to compromise Keplr wallets linked to Google or Apple accounts. Web3Auth proactively emptied at-risk wallets to mitigate further losses.

Some people who set up a Keplr crypto wallet with their Google or Apple account have had money stolen by an attacker.

Keplr uses a company called Web3Auth to run that Google and Apple sign-in. The attacker used a security flaw at that company to reach the wallets, both companies said late last week.

Web3Auth then used the attacker's own route to empty other at-risk wallets before the attacker

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