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The Jupiter exchange is warning of a malicious Chrome extension called “Bull Checker,” which it says is targeting Solana users. The exchange’s warning comes in the wake of complaints by several Solana (SOL) decentralized finance users about having their crypto wallets drained. In an Aug. 19 post on X, the Jupiter (JUP) team said they carried out extensive investigations into the complaints and identified the malicious browser extension. Identification Of Malicious ExtensionOver the last week, we received reports that a small number of users using Solana DeFi got drained. After extensive investigation, we have identified a malicious Chrome extension called “Bull Checker” that had targeted users on several… pic.twitter.com/pubayfmD9h — Jupiter 🪐 (@JupiterExchange) August 19, 2024 Per the team’s post, Bull Checker has targeted members of various Solana subreddits on the Reddit social platform. The team notes that while the extension allowed for users to interact normally with decentralized applications on Solana, in several cases when users interacted with dapps, it added malicious instructions to a transaction that transferred users’ tokens to a different address. When being installed, Bull Checker asks for permission to read and change all the data on the website, a requirement the Jupiter team said is unnecessary for a read-only extension that allows users to view meme coin holders. This should have been a major red flag for users, but apparently, several users continued to install and use the extension. Meow, Jupiter Exchange founder Reddit-promoted Chrome extension targets Solana users The extension was allegedly promoted by an anonymous Reddit user going by the pseudonym “Solana_OG,” who reportedly targeted members of different Solana subreddits looking to trade Solana meme coins and encouraged them to download the extension. In one of their Reddit posts, Solana_OG claimed to have made $3,000 in a week by using the extension. As of…

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