Apple

DefiLlama delayed the launch of its mobile app while it spent months trying to get Apple to remove phishing apps from its App Store that impersonated the analytics provider, according to the company’s pseudonymous founder, 0xngmi.
“We waited ‘till all the fake apps were taken down before we launched ours to avoid any user getting scammed,” 0xngmi said in a Saturday X <a href="https://x.com/0xngmi/status/2088475485122462029" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">post</a>.
DefiLlama had tried for months to get one malicious app removed, but Apple took it down “in days” after the team downloaded the app and documented a small wallet being drained, 0xngmi <a href="https://x.com/0xngmi/status/2088473910903800051" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">added</a>.
Cointelegraph has approached Apple for comment.
Fake apps impersonating major crypto brands have appeared on the App Store before, including <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/apple-yet-to-remove-fake-rabby-wallet-app-despite-users-being-drained" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">those impersonating Rabby wallet</a> and <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/fake-curve-finance-app-listed-apple-store" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Curve Finance in 2024</a>.
In November 2023, <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/fake-ledger-live-app-sneaks-into-microsoft-app-store-as-victims-lose-half-a-million" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">a fake Ledger Live app</a> on the Microsoft Store resulted in the theft of $588,000 across 38 transactions.
Magazine: <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/features/wrong-number-text-crypto-scam" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">How a ‘Wrong Number’ message turned into a $3.4M crypto scam</a>

DefiLlama delayed mobile launch over phishing apps on Apple Store, founder says

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