Australian Crypto Exchange Exposes Personal Data of 270K Users

Aussie exchange BTC Markets has revealed the full name and email addresses of all of its customers in a marketing email blast. Major Australian cryptocurrency exchange BTC Markets accidentally exposed the full name and email addresses of all of its customers in a marketing email sent to each affected individual on Dec. 1.The emails were sent in batches of 1,000, meaning that each customer was sent the name and email address of 999 other users.BTC Markets is in the process of reporting the incident to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, with Bowler noting the exchange....

Messaging apps are ubiquitous – more than 3.6 billion people worldwide use them, with the average person sending up to 72 messages every 24 hours. Every day WhatsApp alone channels over 100 billion messages, while WeChat transmits 205 million video messages. With this popularity has come a darker side: that of hacked personal data, cyber theft, and government violations of privacy. The way messaging apps are designed, work, and are managed exposes them by default to many risks: Most messaging apps require the user to input sensitive personal data, including name, phone number, and....

BuyUCoin initially denied the reports of a data breach, but added that all user funds are safe. Users of Indian crypto exchange BuyUCoin have reportedly been affected by a breach compromising personal data of more than 325,000 people.According to a report from Indian news outlet Inc42, a hacking group by the name of ShinyHunters leaked a database containing the names, phone numbers, email addresses, tax identification numbers and bank account details of more than 325,000 BuyUCoin users. However, a later report from Bleeping Computer shows the leaked data may only contain information from....

Ledger wallet users face mounting home invasion and other scareware threats as hacker dumps private customer information online. The hacker likely responsible for Ledger’s security breach in July recently dumped a large amount of data exposing the personal information of over 270,000 customers, including phone numbers and physical addresses. The leak also included 1 million emails of Ledger wallet owners and customers that were signed up to the company’s newsletter service.Amid the furor caused by the incident, Ledger says its focus is on improving its security infrastructure rather than....

According to the Australian cryptocurrency exchange, BTC Markets, Aussie boomers have become more familiar with crypto-asset investment. The country’s largest crypto exchange Bitcoin Markets have witnessed a rise in users in the past year. This is due to the increased number of older clients utilizing the platform. Following the data from one of the country’s […]