Major crypto brokerage suffers data breach affecting 450,000 emails and hashed passwords

Synopsis

In February 2019, the crypto-currency company disclosed a data breach affecting approximately 450,000 user email addresses and hashed passwords for those who registered for accounts up until 5th August 2017.

The company stated that they do not store credit card information as standard but advised users to change their password in response to the incident.

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Courtenay Brammar

Experienced global enterprise risk and governance professional. Previously Vice President at Morgan Stanley, Deloitte Risk Advisory practitioner and PRMIA steering committee member in both London and New York.

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