Paxful: Hacked User Data Offer Is “Fake”
A recent forum post offering the personal data of millions of Paxful users has been called “fake” by the exchange’s CEO.Last week, a user called “Mafufi” took to stolen data marketplace RaidForums to offer user and employee data from cryptocurrency exchange Paxful including their “first name, last name, date of birth, gender, address, phone number, email [and] passwords,” in exchange for 1 BTC. Shortly afterward, Paxful CEO Ray Youssef took to Twitter to clarify that the offered information could not really be for sale.“Any KYC data is never on our servers. We don’t take asking for....
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