DefiLlama delayed mobile launch over phishing apps on Apple Store, founder says
DefiLlama’s founder said Apple removed one fake app within days after the company documented it draining funds from a small crypto wallet.
DefiLlama's mobile app launch was delayed due to malicious apps on Apple's App Store, according to the company's founder, 0xngmi. The founder explained that after documenting a fraudulent app draining funds from a small crypto wallet, Apple removed the app within days. However, DefiLlama spent months trying to get Apple to remove other phishing apps impersonating their analytics provider before launching their own app.
0xngmi emphasized that they waited for all the fake apps to be taken down to avoid any potential scams. DefiLlama is not the first to face this issue; similar malicious apps have appeared on the App Store for other crypto brands, such as Rabby wallet and Curve Finance. In November 2023, a fake Ledger Live app on the Microsoft Store led to the theft of $588,000 across 38 transactions.
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