Fake TradingView videos target victims’ crypto wallets, authorities warn
SINGAPORE – Several people here had their cryptocurrency wallets compromised after falling prey to a fake TradingView YouTube channel that prompted them to download and execute malicious scripts, the authorities said.
TradingView is a legitimate online platform used to chart and analyse financial markets, including stocks, foreign exchange and cryptocurrencies. It is downloadable as a desktop and mobile app.
The police and Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) said in a joint statement on May 2 that the victims came across videos on the fake YouTube channel with instructions to install the purported official TradingView app.
They were directed to download and execute Windows PowerShell scripts that were actually malicious code.
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