Customer Data Leaked in Possible Bitcoin Vendor Breach
A UK bitcoin vendor may have suffered a security breach, temporarily exposing customer data to the public. Visitors to the website for CoinCut, based in London, were able to access directories that included images of passports, credit and debit cards and personal IDs. The site was taken offline, and it is unclear how long the information was publicly available. CoinCut representative Dax Chan said that the team is "treating this as malicious", adding that further investigation is taking place at this time. He explained: "We're trying to figure out how that particular directory was made....
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CoinCut, a bitcoin vendor based in the UK, recently suffered a security breach that exposed customer information. Visitors on the company's website could view customer data that included images of passports, IDs, and credit cards. Since then the site has been offline while the company works with authorities to investigate the matter. "We're trying to figure out how that particular directory was made visible to the world - and how the problem leaked out so promptly given that we're a moderately small bitcoin vendor in the grand scheme of things," explained CoinCut representative Dax Chan.....
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