Bithumb discloses employee-system breach amid other Korean finance hacks
Original title: KR: Bithumb discloses data leak after internal system breach; One of three financial firm breaches reported that day
The exchange is still checking whether member data leaked; Daishin reported about 38,490 affected customers.
South Korea’s crypto exchange Bithumb found a breach of its in-house employee mobile system on Tuesday and notified the Korea Internet & Security Agency and the Personal Information Protection Commission. It is investigating whether member data was leaked and believes crypto holdings were not targeted. The same day, Daishin Securities and Mirae Asset Global Investments also disclosed hacks, after earlier October attacks on at least 16 Korean financial institutions tied to an estimated 100,000 leak cases.
Unconfirmed: Bithumb has not confirmed a member-data leak, and the claim that holdings were safe is the exchange’s own assessment.
- Bithumb discovered the internal mobile-system breach on Tuesday.
- It notified KISA and the Personal Information Protection Commission that day.
- Daishin Securities reported roughly 38,490 affected customers.
- Earlier October attacks were tied to about 100,000 reported leak cases.
Impact: Possible leak of member data; crypto holdings said not targeted
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- South Korea
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3 min read at databreaches.netCoinTelegraph reports: South Korea’s crypto exchange Bithumb is investigating the extent of a data leak caused by a hack of its internal mobile system earlier this week, Yonhap News Agency reported Wednesday. Bithumb discovered the breach of its in-house mobile system — the platform used by employees to communicate internally — on Tuesday and notified...
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