The app differs from the official version in subtle ways and steals users’ money and sensitive information.
A fake digit yuan app has been uncovered, according to a post on WeChat attributed to the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Anti-Fraud Special Class. The Trojan Horse download closely resembles the official version, but minor differences can be detected.
Besides “pulling dividends,” the fake app can collect sensitive user information. The app provides fake customer service that directs the user to “uncommon social tools” to facilitate the seizure of the user’s funds, the ministry said.
The fake central bank digital currency app uses a logo with a different outline from the authentic app and its user interface is different but comparable. The fake app has a different name from the real one, as well as a different version number and different MD5 message-digest identity.
