YouTube stars accuse App Store cryptocurrency wallet of $8,500 theft

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by Sindy Cator on October 2, 2018 at 3:27 pm

Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork

Here’s another cautionary tale for blockchain investors. Hackers have purportedly stolen 1,500 EOS ($8,500) from popular YouTubers, the Hodgetwins, after they downloaded a dodgy cryptocurrency wallet from the App Store. The Hodgetwins insist the hackers made off with their cryptocurrency soon after the YouTubers transferred their EOS tokens to a presumably malicious cryptocurrency wallet called EOSIO Wallet Explorer. The pair say they downloaded the wallet from Apple’s App Store. The twins, who boast more than 4 million subscribers on YouTube, have since posted a video to sum up the situation. “I have been [EOS Wallet Explorer] on my iPhone to hold…