In a troubling development for cryptocurrency users, fake OKX browser plugins were discovered on the Firefox browser store, prompting urgent warnings from the exchange and cybersecurity experts. The malicious plugins, falsely claiming to be official OKX extensions, pose significant risks to unsuspecting users by potentially stealing sensitive information and funds.

OKX, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, clarified that it has not released any plugins for Firefox. The company urged users who downloaded the fraudulent extensions to immediately transfer any funds stored in associated wallets and reiterated the importance of downloading software only from official…