HubSpot Security Breach Leaks Bitcoin Users’ Data
Bitcoin companies saw their customers’ personal information leak after a HubSpot employee account was hacked.Customer relationship management (CRM) service HubSpot last week suffered a security breach that leaked the personal information of thousands of Bitcoin users after a bad actor obtained access to an employee account and exported data from up to 30 HubSpot portals.NYDIG, Swan and BlockFi are among the companies that saw customers’ names, emails, and phone numbers being stolen in what HubSpot said was a targeted attack on cryptocurrency firms and users.Swan issued another statement on....
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