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Keplr Pauses Google and Apple Logins as Web3Auth Suspends Embedded Wallet Service

Keplr advised potentially affected users not to add funds or rebuild accounts, then told them to move remaining liquid assets to a recovery-phrase or hardware-wallet account.

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A user checks a cryptocurrency wallet on a phone in Seoul, South Korea / EconoTimes.ai
A user checks a cryptocurrency wallet on a phone in Seoul, South Korea / EconoTimes.ai

Keplr disabled wallet access through Google and Apple after reports of unauthorized transactions involving some accounts, while Web3Auth suspended its embedded wallet service over a security issue involving services used by some third parties.

Keplr’s preliminary assessment pointed to possible exposure among accounts created with Google or Apple. It said accounts secured by a recovery phrase or hardware wallet did not appear affected. Keplr initially advised potentially affected users not to add funds or restore those accounts through an import. In a later update, it told them to move any remaining liquid assets to an account secured by a recovery phrase or hardware wallet.

Web3Auth said its initial investigation found no evidence that MetaMask users were affected. It later published recovery addresses, but its updates did not establish a complete list of affected networks or tokens. As of Nov. 8, the companies had not announced a confirmed count of affected accounts or an estimate of losses.

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