Overview
- Apple removed a counterfeit Ledger Live Mac app and the Freecash app after media investigations into crypto theft and data harvesting.
- The fake wallet drained about $9.5 million from at least 50 users between April 7 and April 13.
- Blockchain tracing linked the stolen funds to KuCoin deposit addresses and to AudiA6, a paid mixer that scrambles transactions to hide their source.
- The counterfeit wallet asked users for seed phrases, a request legitimate crypto apps do not make.
- Apple said Freecash broke rules on misleading marketing, and Apple has not explained how the fake Ledger app passed review.