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The Snap Store is an app repository holding containerized Snap apps for Ubuntus Linux distribution.
Apparently, this store was under a constant barrage of malicious apps, mostly fake cryptocurrency wallets.
They were looking for the Exodus Wallet, a known and popular cryptocurrency wallet, available for different platforms.
They found one on the Snap Store but unfortunately, it was a fake.
No humans in the loop.
As a result, engineering teams will now review apps and reach out to publishers.
Anyone whose name is “suspected as being malicious or is crypto-wallet-related” will be rejected.
Canonical is said to be drafting a policy on creating and publishing crypto wallets.
