Turkish crypto exchange acknowledges 2018 breach with 500,000 users’ data stolen
Criminals tried to sell users’ names, ID numbers, emails and addresses on internet forums. Major Turkish crypto exchange BtcTurk came forward about a data breach from mid-2018 that leaked sensitive information of over 500,000 users. According to the official announcement, the stolen data set contains BtcTurk users’ names, citizen ID numbers, emails, addresses, birthdates and mobile phone numbers. The stolen data set first appeared on an online forum for sale last Friday with sample information as proof. The seller claimed that the information also contains user selfies with ID, a common....
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