Data Breaches

Scammers Are Sending Ledger Users Fake Hardware Wallets

The fake wallets are an escalation in phishing attempts following a 2020 data breach that exposed 272,000 customer addresses.

Tech  ·  17 June 2021

Celsius Suffers Third-Party Data Breach, Customers Report Phishing Texts, Emails

The crypto lender's data leak comes almost a year to the date after a similar data leak hit BlockFi.

News  ·  15 April 2021
CoinFlash

Gab, Refuge for the Deplatformed, Hacked for ‘Pretty Much Everything’ Including Trump Data

The data, provided to a whistle-blower site, is not being made public over privacy concerns.

News  ·  1 March 2021
Exchanges

KeepChange Foils Bitcoin Theft but Loses User Data in Sunday Breach

The bitcoin marketplace has halted withdrawal requests temporarily.

Policy & regulation  ·  9 February 2021
Privacy

Why Ledger Kept All That Customer Data in the First Place

Sunday’s dump of customer emails and addresses serves as a sobering reminder that even a maker of hardware crypto wallets can become a data honeypot.

Business  ·  21 December 2020
Exchanges

Australian Crypto Exchange Exposes Personal Data of 270K Users

BTC Markets, one of Australia's biggest cryptocurrency exchanges, has accidentally exposed users' data, raising the risk of phishing attacks.

Business  ·  2 December 2020
Exchanges

Crypto Exchange Liquid Says User Data Possibly Exposed in Security Breach

The exchange said customer funds are safe.

News  ·  18 November 2020
Department of Justice

New York Man Charged With Trafficking Credit Card Info, Using Bitcoin to Launder Proceeds

Vitalii Antonenko, 28, has been indicted for allegedly stealing and selling reams of payment card data, the proceeds of which he laundered in bitcoin.

News  ·  28 May 2020
Hacks

Crypto Investment Fund Suffers Hack Exposing Data of 266,000 Users: Report

The personal data of about 266,000 people registered with the fund may have been exposed.

Business  ·  5 March 2020