Coinbase Addresses Claims of Data Breach, Security Integrity
On Tuesday morning, a link submitted on the popular social sharing website Reddit.com, which linked to Pastebin, displayed the email addresses and full names over over 2,000 individuals, raising concern that there was a data breach at some level at bitcoin brokerage Coinbase. The San Francisco-based company has taken to their official blog to address the matter today. This list (the size of which is less than one half of one percent of Coinbase users) was not the result of a data breach at Coinbase. This list of emails was likely sourced from other sites - probably Bitcoin related ones.....
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San Francisco-based bitcoin wallet provider Coinbase formally responded to community concerns relating to a design function of its 'Request Money' service on 1st April, amid reports that suggested this service could be misused by phishers and fraudsters. The response was issued after a Pastebin entry surfaced suggesting that roughly 2,000 Coinbase customer names and emails were compromised as part of a "data breach" of the site, rumours that caused widespread speculation on reddit and social media. Speaking to CoinDesk, the company clarified that, although certain user personal information....
The hacker purportedly plans to sell a subset of their stolen information 6 BTC ($286,000). U.S. telecom giant T-Mobile is looking into an alleged massive data breach that may have compromised more than 100 million users.According to Vice's Motherboard, T-Mobile is investigating an alleged data breach claimed by the author of the post on an underground forum. The Aug. 15 report says the hacker claims to have obtained data on more than 100 million customers from T-Mobile servers.The seller is asking for 6 BTC — approximately $287,000 at current prices, in exchange for some of the....
It seems the review was already in process before the attack ever occured. Popular hardware wallet company Ledger recently announced that they had passed a notable security evaluation, known as SOC 2 Type 1. This certification came following a significant data breach the company suffered in June. Ledger did not, however, decide to conduct its security audit because of the breach, according to comments from a Ledger representative. "Ledger is always seeking to raise the security standards and has been working on getting the attestation prior to the data breach," the representative told....
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