[TAG DefiLama delays launch of mobile app while waiting for Apple to remove fake app
DefiLama delayed launch of its mobile app after spending months trying to get Apple to remove phishing apps posing as the analytics provider from its app store, according to 0xngmi, founder of the analytics platform pseudonym. [TAG
"We waited until all fake apps had been removed before releasing our own apps to avoid any users being duped," 0xngmi wrote in an X platform post on Saturday. [TAG 0xngmi added that DefiLama tried to remove a malicious app over months, but Apple removed it "within days" after the team downloaded it and documented the theft of a small wallet. [TAG
Fake apps posing as major cryptocurrency brands have previously appeared in the App Store, including apps posing as Rabby Wallet and Curve Finance in 2024. In November 2023, a fake Ledger Live app in the Microsoft store resulted in the theft of a total of $588,000 in 38 transactions.
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