#Trust Wallet黑客事件 Christmas should be a joyful time, but it has been overshadowed by the Trust Wallet hacking incident. Over $6 million was stolen, a number that is heartbreaking, but what’s more worth pondering are the lessons behind the entire event.

Looking closely at the attack process, the hackers began preparations as early as December 8th, and only implanted a backdoor on the 22nd. This was not the work of casual script kiddies but a professional APT attack. They directly tampered with Trust Wallet’s source code, using the legitimate PostHog library as a cover, and secretly transmitted users’ mnemonic phrases and private keys through disguised domains. What does this indicate? It shows that even well-known projects’ development permissions or deployment processes can be compromised.

This is actually an inevitable growing pain in the development of Web3 security. We have always talked about the benefits of decentralization—no reliance on a single institution, users controlling their own assets—but the reality is many people still use centralized convenience tools. When the tools themselves are breached, even the most decentralized ideals cannot save you.

Here are the key recommendations: First, if you have used the Trust Wallet extension, disconnect from the internet immediately for inspection, export your private keys, and then uninstall; second, migrate your assets to other secure wallets; third, this incident reminds us that true autonomy requires not only technical choices but also security awareness.

In the long run, this actually demonstrates that Web3 is becoming more mature—through lessons learned, we understand how to better protect ourselves. Choosing open-source and auditable solutions, learning to self-manage assets, understanding the risks and trade-offs of different tools—these are the skills every Web3 user must master. Security is not only the project team’s responsibility but also something every participant must bear.