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Incident · SLOWMIST

Trust Wallet

Malicious Code Injection Attack
Estimated loss
$8.50M
VERDICT —UNRATED
Verdict pending. Auto-ingested incidents are reviewed before a public verdict is rendered.
▰ METHOD
Undisclosed
Root cause

Root-cause analysis not yet published. The incident description below contains all currently available signal — review the attack transaction directly for definitive forensics.

Forensic narrative

Trust Wallet has issued an official notice confirming that version 2.68 of its browser extension contains a security vulnerability, and advised all users running version 2.68 to immediately disable it and upgrade to version 2.69. According to SlowMist’s analysis, this backdoor incident originated from a malicious modification of Trust Wallet’s internal codebase (analytics service logic), rather than the introduction of a compromised third-party package (e.g., a malicious npm package). The attacker directly tampered with the application’s own code, using the legitimate PostHog library to redirect analytics data to a malicious server. As of December 31, the incident has been confirmed to affect 2,520 wallet addresses, with a total loss of approximately USD 8.5 million. Preliminary investigation indicates that this attack is related to the Sha1-Hulud industry-level supply chain incident that occurred in November. Trust Wallet has now rolled back the extension to the secure version 2.69 and initiated a compensation process for affected users. Attack method (per SlowMist): Malicious Code Injection Attack. Reported loss: $ 8,500,000.

Primary source
https://x.com/TrustWallet/status/2006029258209005699
Sourced from
slowmist
Technical record
chain
protocol
Trust Wallet
bug_class
unknown
date_occurred
2025-12-26
loss_usd
$8,500,000
source_id
sm:trust-wallet::2025-12-26
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