Bithumb reports employee system breach, no crypto lost
Briefing by News4U · First published
South Korea’s second-largest crypto exchange said an outsider accessed its internal mobile system and took personal information.
CoinDesk reported that Bithumb, South Korea’s second-largest crypto exchange, said an outsider broke into the internal mobile system its employees use to work and message each other and that personal information was taken. No crypto funds were reported lost. [1]
The exchange found the intrusion on Tuesday and reported it to the Korea Internet & Security Agency and the Personal Information Protection Commission. It said the breached system runs separately from its trading platform, so customer virtual assets cannot be accessed through this breach. [1]
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- Bithumb hacked through employee system as South Korean financial firms face cyberattacks
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