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One of the Biggest Ethereum and Bitcoin Exchanges Got Hacked
Hackers have stolen user data and money from Bithumb, one of the top five biggest Ethereum and Bitcoin cryptocurrency exchanges, the company said Friday. Bithumb said that the thieves stole a database of user information off the personal computer of an employee, rather than off the company's internal network. The attackers allegedly nabbed the names, email addresses, and mobile phone numbers (no passwords, apparently), of more than 31,800 customers, according to a Monday report from Yonhap, a South Korean news wire. After discovering the breach, which affects roughly 3% of the site's customers, Bithumb reported it to ... (full story)
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