Bitfinex CTO confirms no data breach, cites fake allegations

Bitfinex Chief Technology Officer Paolo Ardoino has confirmed that recent data breach allegations involving the cryptocurrency exchange were unfounded.

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Bankrupt Bitcoin ATM Firm Coin Cloud Suffers Data Breach: 300,000 Customers’ Sensitive Info Stolen

The crypto world is facing a new security challenge as Coin Cloud, a prominent Bitcoin ATM operator, recently became the target of a significant data breach. This incident comes at a challenging time for the company, which filed for bankruptcy earlier this year amid the crypto market downturn and the fallout from the FTX collapse. […]

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Details of the Mailchimp data breach

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Details Of BlockFi’s Recent Third-Party Data Incident

BlockFi has announced that it suffered a security breach over the weekend. The remote cause was from a third-party vendor that stored data like the client’s name and phone number. This is not BlockFi’s first time suffering a data breach with the last memorable one taking place in 2020. A data breach at a third-party […]

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What The HubSpot Bitcoin Company Data Breach Means For You (It’s Not Good)

After CRM data platform HubSpot suffered a data breach targeting Bitcoin company data, customers are wondering if they’re at risk.

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Breach at Indian exchange BuyUCoin allegedly exposes 325K users’ personal data

BuyUCoin initially denied the reports of a data breach, but added that all user funds are safe.

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6 Ways to Face the Data Breach

6 ways to face the data breach

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218M ‘Words with Friends’ players’ data reportedly stolen in Zynga hack

Popular social game developer Zynga has reportedly become the latest victim of a massive data breach impacting some 218 million Words with Friends accounts. On September 12, the company disclosed that “certain player account information may have been illegally accessed by outside hackers,” but didn’t disclose any details about the scope of the breach and the number of players who may have had their information stolen.

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Cybersecurity vendor that protects firms from data breaches hit by data breach

You know it’s a bad day for cybersecurity when a leading provider of internet firewall services that helps safeguard websites from malicious attacks suffers from a security breach of its own. Imperva, a popular California-based security vendor, disclosed that data belonging to an unspecified subset of users of its cloud firewall product was exposed online.

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How to check if your password was leaked in StockX data breach

Last week, online sneaker marketplace StockX disclosed a major data breach that originally took place in May. The breach had exposed names, email addresses, shipping addresses, usernames, shoe sizes, hashed passwords, and purchase histories of about 6.

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Binance KYC Breach — Did It Happen, and If So, Who’s to Blame?

Hacker demands 300 Bitcoin from Binance in lieu of alleged stolen KYC data

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Binance KYC Photos Data Breach “False” But Exchange Investigates, Hacker Demands 300 BTC

A malicious hacker claims to have released Binance exchange customer data and that there’s more to come unless millions of dollars in bitcoin (BTC) is handed over. Binance has issued a statement denying that it...

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Binance Clears Up FUD Around Its KYC Breach

Coinspeaker Binance Clears Up FUD Around Its KYC BreachThe KYC (Know Your Customer) data of thousands of Binance users have been reportedly hacked and the IDs are being posted in a Telegram chat group.

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Breaking: Binance’s old KYC data breach leaked on telegram group

During the start of 2018, Binance had faced a massive threat that its KYC data point was allegedly breached by a hacker under a pseudonym – exploitDOT. Earlier today, a Telegram user by the name, “Guardian M”, started dumping the proof of the allegedly “breached” KYC data of Binance customers.

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Online sneaker marketplace failed to come clean about 6.8M record data breach

StockX — a popular online marketplace for sneakerheads and streetwear aficionados to trade apparel — is the latest company to fall victim to a massive data breach affecting millions of its users.

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Craig Wright Scolds Bitcoin Privacy Geeks in Wake of Equifax Scandal

On Bitcoin Cash’s second birthday Thursday, Craig Wright penned a brief article entitled “PII in the Bitcoin World. ” The subject of personally identifiable information (PII) is massive right now due to the Equifax data breach scandal.

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Consolation Prize: No Cash For Equifax Victims, Accept Store Credit Instead

If your data were exposed by the Equifax breach, it may already be too late to claim your payout. Victims of the hack are unlikely to see the $125 which the company promised as part of its settlement, due to the sheer number of claimants.

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Massive Data Breach: Hacker Gets Access to Personal Data of Over 100M Capital One Customers

Coinspeaker Massive Data Breach: Hacker Gets Access to Personal Data of Over 100M Capital One CustomersThe hacker exploited a vulnerability in the firewall web application on the AWS servers and extracted crucial files from the Capital One directory.

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Capital One data breach compromises 106 million customers’ personal data

US-based bank, Capital One, revealed last night a data breach that exposed data of exposed the data of 106 million credit card applicants including names, phone numbers, addresses, and dates of birth.

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Equifax probably owes you $125. Here’s how to collect

TNW recently reported the US Federal Trade Commision (FTC) had passed down a rather friendly little fine to Equifax – just $700 million dollars for exposing the private financial data of more than half of all US citizens.

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Can We Trust Libra After Facebook $5 Billion Fine For Abusing Users’ Privacy?

Watch Will’s analysis on how, after the endless scandals and mishandling our data, Facebook will now have to pay the price of $5 Billion to FTC for the privacy breach, and can we still bet on Libra? If the video doesn’t load, click on the direct link to the video: Facebook $5 Billion FTC Fine […] The post Can We Trust Libra After Facebook $5 Billion Fine For Abusing Users’ Privacy? appeared first on CCN Markets

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YouHodler Breach Spills Details on 86 Million Crypto Loan Records

Security researchers have discovered a data breach that exposed 86 million records of the crypto loan platform YouHodler. 86 million YouHodler records exposed According to vpnMentor’s security experts, the breach has exposed a massive amount of sensitive data.

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Crypto Lending Platform YouHodler Exposes Millions of Privacy Records

Cryptocurrency lending platform YouHodler exposed privacy data, including crypto wallet addresses, from thousands of its cryptocurrency users, vpnMonitor reports. Data breach Is Severe with Widespread Implications vpnMentor and a team led by data scientists Noam Rotem and Ran Locar discovered a significant cryptocurrency data breach affecting 86 million records.

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Swedish Bitcoin Trading Platform QuickBit Confirms Data Breach

In the cryptocurrency world, exchanges remain a very profitable target for hackers and other types of criminals. In the case of QuickBit, a Swedish trading platform, a data breach took place, albeit it seems no money was stolen in the process.

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Swedish Cryptocurrency Exchange Experiences Security Breach

QuickBit cryptocurrency exchange recently experienced a data breach, which affected about two percent of its customers. In an updated report on July 22, 2019, the company said the breach was as a result of a third-party system upgrade, but customers’ accounts and transactions were still safe and intact.

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Equifax to pay $700m for breach that exposed 147 million Americans’ data

Almost two years after a major data breach hit Equifax, the company has finally agreed to a global settlement with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC). As per the proposed terms of the deal, the consumer credit reporting agency will shell out as much as $700 million to settle with federal agencies and 50 US states and territories.

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Exchange QuickBit Confirms Data Breach May Impact 300K Users

The crypto exchange left a database open on the internet and leaked data for up to 300,000 users.

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BBC: Russia is working on a Tor de-anonymization project

Hackers have stolen a massive trove of sensitive data and defaced the website of SyTech, a major contractor working for Russian intelligence agency FSB (Federal Security Service). BBC Russia, which reported the breach, said “it’s possible that this is the largest data leak in the history of the work of Russian special services on the Internet.

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MyDashWallet Experiences 2-Month Hack

Dash-focused wallet MyDashWallet announced it experienced a data breach from May 13 to July 12, with the wallet provider stating that anyone who used MyDashWallet in that time frame should assume the hacker has their private keys.

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Hackers breached Bulgaria’s tax agency and leaked the data of 5M people

Bulgaria has suffered what has been described as the biggest data leak in its history. The stolen data, which hackers emailed to local media on July 15, originates from the country’s tax reporting service – the National Revenue Agency (NRA).

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FTC, Facebook Land On $5 Billion Cambridge Analytica Settlement

The Federal Trade Commission has agreed to hand out a $5 billion fine on Facebook regarding its handling of user privacy during the Cambridge Analytica data breach. The Justice Department is now expected to review and approve the settlement.

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Will Facebook Store Data of Libra Cryptocurrency Users

Recently, Facebook came under heavy fire for a massive security breach of its network and personal data pilferage of millions of users. However, in a letter to US senators, the social media giant has assured that it will not be collecting and storing data of users of its “cryptocurrency” Libra.

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Marriott fined $123m for 2018 data breach that hit 339m customers

Hot on the heels of British Airways, international hotel group Marriott could face the wrath of the UKents, and 30 million related to residents of 31 countries in the European Economic Area (EEA).

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Cybersecurity Breach at Maryland Agency Spotlights Need for Blockchain

The Maryland Department of Labor announced that a security flaw in its databases may have exposed the sensitive and personal data of around 78,000 people. The agency commented that the breach occurred earlier this year after nine employees fell victim to what cybersecurity experts call a phishing attack.

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Storecoin brings tokenized data to the masses, announces latest milestone-based token offering

With every policy shift, every deplatforming, and every data breach, our faith in Big Tech decreases. In Washington, the drums of anti-trust beat ever louder. But what consumers truly want isn’t necessarily a break up of today’s tech companies: they […] The post Storecoin brings tokenized data to the masses, announces latest milestone-based token offering appeared first on CoinMarketCap.

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Quest Patient Data Exposed: Could the Blockchain Have Prevented It?

By CCN: A major data breach has rocked Quest Diagnostics, exposing the personal details of nearly 12 million patients in the process. The incident, which was reported in a public filing, occurred on May 14 after centralized third-party billing company American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA) informed the diagnostic testing company about “potential unauthorized activity” on a “web payment page.

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Watchtowers Are Coming to Lightning

“The Eye of Sauron casts its gaze upon the Lightning Network. ”This is how Lightning Labs CTO Olaoluwa Osuntokun (aka, roasbeef) has heralded the coming of Watchtowers to the Lightning Network.

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Flipboard hack exposed sensitive user data for over 9 months

Popular news aggregation platform Flipboard has disclosed a glaring security breach, which gave hackers unauthorized access to its database systems for more than nine months. As a precautionary step, it has reset all users’ passwords.

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Cryptopia Turns to a U.S. Court for Account Holder Data Protection

In the latest development over its security breach, cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia has filed for bankruptcy protection in the U. S. The New Zealand-based exchange, which has been dealing with the fallout of a January 2019 hack, went into liquidation and stopped all trading earlier this month.

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Data Breach Report From Instagram Raises Concerns About Upcoming Facebook’s Digital Currency

Facebook, the most popular social network in the world, has been affected by different data leaks over the last years. This has harmed users and individuals that had data stored on their platform. Now, the security researcher Anurag Sen discovered that there was a public Amazon Web Services (AWS) database that had the information of […]

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Instagram Data Breach Reports Prove You Should Skip Facebook’s Crypto

By CCN: Another day, another Facebook data leak affecting millions of dubious users. This time around, security researcher Anurag Sen discovered a public Amazon Web Services (AWS) database containing the contact information of more than 49 million Instagram accounts, TechCrunch reports.

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New privacy regulations - a chance to reset customer data collection

The average cost of a data breach is $3.86 million dollars

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Verizon Security Research: Over 20% Of Data Breaches Thought to Be Carried Out By Nation State Actors

Verizon’s 2019 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), released Wednesday, which analyzed more than 41,000 cybersecurity incidents and over 2,000 data breaches from 86 countries. It found that cyber attacks by nation states and parties affiliated with them represented 23% of data breaches, up from 12% in 2018 and 19% in 2017, Corporate spying is on […]

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How Blockchain Can Solve Modern Identity Theft Crisis and Be a Core Reason for “No More ID Theft”

Identity theft is a major worry for many people today. This was compounded by the Equifax breach that leaked the data of over 140 million Americans. The data in that breach included information such as addresses and social security numbers in addition to names and phone numbers. It was a nightmare scenario and there has […]

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Lazarus Hacker Group Continues to Target Crypto Using Faked Trading Software

This article was originally published by 8btc and written by Lylian Tang. The Chinese security service provider 360 Security has issued a warning that a large number of crypto exchanges have been targeted by the North Korean hacker group Lazarus and that the number is still rising after the recent hacks of crypto exchanges DragonEx, Etbox and BiKi.

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Where’s the Justice? Mt. Gox CEO Escapes Embezzlement Verdict to Appeal Manipulation Charge

The former chief executive of shuttered bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox is going for the trifecta now that his trial is over. Mark Karpeles got off scot-free on charges of embezzlement and breach of trust.

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FEMA Data Breach Exposes Private Data of Nearly 3 Million Individuals

A data breach has occurred within the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), resulting in the private data of nearly three million disaster victims being shared with an unnamed contractor. Who’s at Risk? The shared information includes home addresses, social security numbers and banking information for victims of U.

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Karpeles Beats Embezzlement Charges in Mt Gox Ruling

The Tokyo District Court has found Mark Karpeles, the former head of now-defunct Bitcoin exchange platform Mt. Gox, guilty of record tampering but innocent on other charges related to embezzlement and breach of trust.

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Watch Equifax’ CEO get schooled in a congressional hearing about his company’s massive data breach

In September 2017, US-based credit reporting firm Equifax revealed that its site had suffered a breach, and 143 million citizens’ records were stolen in the attack – names, addresses, social security numbers, and all.

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