Trust Wallet disclosed that it identified a security incident limited exclusively to Browser Extension version 2.68. According to the company, no other browser versions and no mobile wallets were impacted. The wallet provider urged users running version 2.68 to immediately disable the extension and upgrade to version 2.69 via the official Chrome Web Store. Trust Wallet stressed that users should avoid opening the affected extension before updating, as doing so could further expose wallet data.
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao addressed the incident publicly, confirming the scale of losses and the company’s response. “So far, $7m has been affected by this hack. Trust Wallet will cover. User funds are SAFU,” CZ wrote on X. He added that the investigation is ongoing, particularly around how malicious code made its way into a published extension version.
The incident is limited to one browser extension version; mobile users and other versions were not affected. The team said it is actively investigating how attackers managed to submit and distribute a compromised version of the extension. The patched version 2.69 removes the vulnerability. According to reports of blockchain investigators, the money has been emptied soon after users relayed transactions via the hacked extension.
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