Critical Chrome Exploit Could Drain Your Crypto, CTO of French Hardware Wallet Giant Warns - U.Today

UToday · 2025-09-18T20:16:48+00:00

Charles Guillemet from Ledger warned about a Chrome vulnerability that enables hackers to exploit a "Type Confusion" bug to steal crypto wallet data. Google issued an urgent update to fix this issue, affecting all Chromium-based browsers.

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2025-09-18 20:16:48

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Charles Guillemet, chief technology officer at Ledger, has issued a security warning about a major Chrome vulnerability that could potentially allow hackers to drain one’s crypto wallet

The “Type Confusion” bug, which was recently discovered by security researchers, makes it possible for bad actors to run malicious code by treating one type of data as another. It has been found within V8, the engine that executes JavaScript and WebAssembly

Simply visiting a malicious website could make it possible for attackers to steal highly sensitive data, including private keys, seed phrases, or wallet files.

Hence, Guillemet is not recommending storing any sensitive data locally

Google’s urgent response

Within just 48 hours of the critical vulnerability being detected, Google swiftly moved to publish an emergency update. Chrome users have to make sure that they are using the fixed version (140.0.7339.185)

It is worth noting that all Chromium-based web browsers have been affected, including Brave, Opera, and Vivaldi

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