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Marvie Basilan

MYSTERIOUS: Crypto wallet drainer posed as calculator on google play store stole 70k researchers | Mind Blowing Facts

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Scammers launched a malicious app that posed as a calculator on Google Play Store -- the app avoided legitimacy detection for months before it was removed from the platform. (Credit: Richard Patterson/flickr)

KEY POINTS

  • The app was first launched on Google Play Store as the 'Mestox Calculator'
  • The malicious app was then renamed to WalletConnect – Crypto Wallet
  • Over 150 crypto users lost an estimated $70,000 from the wallet drainer

Calculators are supposed to be life-savers for people in fast-paced businesses and individuals with poor math skills, but in a twist of fate, bad actors used a "calculator" to steal over $70,000 from over 150 cryptocurrency users.

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