Beware of iCloud Phishing Attacks, MetaMask Warns Apple Users

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ConsenSys-owned crypto wallet provider MetaMask is warning its community regarding possible phishing attacks via Apple’s iCloud service. In a Twitter thread posted on April 17, the company warned its customers that the encrypted passwords for their accounts, called MetaMask vaults, will be uploaded to Apple’s cloud service if the iCloud backup option is enabled on the app.

As a result, a phishing account that exploits a customer’s iCloud account will also compromise their passwords and hence their crypto wallets. This comes after an Apple user, who goes by “revive_dom” claimed on Twitter to have lost crypto assets worth $650,000 from his MetaMask crypto wallet.

“This is how it happened. Got a phone call from Apple, literally from Apple (on my caller Id) Called it back because I suspected fraud and it was an Apple number. So, I believed them. They asked for a code that was sent to my phone and 2 seconds later my entire MetaMask was wiped,” the user wrote in his thread.

The phishing campaign involves certain default device set

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