Hackers took over the Twitter account of cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX after the previously reported leak of customer email details on Nov. 1.
The exchange claims that, although its Twitter account was hacked, all user funds are safe.
"Hackers" tease individual IDs and take over BitMEX Twitter.
Since the update was published, hackers briefly gained control of the BitMEX Twitter account, posting two messages which were swiftly deleted.
The first message read "Take your BTC and run. Last day for withdrawals," followed by another reading simply, "Hacked."
Following this a Twitter account named "Bitmexdatabaseleak" sprang up, leaking individual user IDs and emails.
It also posted messages such as "Did you pay tax on your bitmex gains" and "So many obvious US customers on the BitMEX database hack."
30k email dump selling on darknet, and passwords found from previous hacks.
An email dump of 30,000 addresses is for sale on the dark web, with about 50% of these "Trivially easy to doxx," according to The Block's director of research Larry Cermak.
BitMEX has since tweeted that: "While the trolls may target our Twitter account, you may rest assured that all funds are safe."
Hackers Take Over BitMEX Twitter, but Customer Funds Reportedly Safe
gepubliceerd op Nov 1, 2019
by Cointele | gepubliceerd op Coinage
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