Summary
- Cryptocurrency broker Bits of Gold stated hackers accessed personal data for about 200,000 customers via a breach at a third-party data analytics provider.
- The stolen information includes names, national ID numbers, emails, phone numbers, IP addresses, bank account details and public wallet addresses, but not funds, passwords, private keys or scanned IDs.
- The incident is part of a broader wave of crypto-related data breaches, following recent exposures at SafePal and Trezor linked to compromises at their external vendors.
Cryptocurrency broker Bits of Gold stated personal data belonging to roughly 200,000 customers was stolen by hackers, the company reported.
The Tel Aviv, Israel-based company reported the security breach on Sunday, saying a hacker gained unauthorized access to a third-party data analytics network and,gained access to customers’ names, national ID numbers, emails, phone numbers, IP addresses, bank account details, and public wallet addresses.
“Upon detection of the incident, we blocked access and disconnected the system from the information sources, so this access ended,” the company stated.
Bits of Gold stated no funds, private keys, passwords, CVV codes, or scanned ID documents were exposed. The broker stated its initial findings indicate the attack was part of a broader global incident that hit other companies simultaneously.
It is the third data breach reported within the crypto industry in the last week. Data from nearly 40,000 SafePal users was stolen on Sunday after a third-party vendor suffered a security breach. In a similar attack, personal data from almost 14,000 Trezor wallet customers was exposed on August 13 after its fulfillment partner, ShipMonk, was compromised.
