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The security incident happened on January 17, 2024, Trezor disclosed in a blog post published on January 20. It involved a third-party support ticketing portal that Trezor uses. Contact details included names and email addresses for up to 66,000 users were compromised. Hardware wallet Trezor has announced that a security breach at a third-party support portal may have exposed up to 66,000 users. Investigations and an audit of the incident indicates that contact details likely exposed are limited to email addresses and user names /nicknames.  “ On January 17th, 2024, 20:20 CET, we identified unauthorized access to the third-party support portal we use. This breach occurred at the level of that third-party service provider we are currently engaged with ,” Trezor noted. The breach could expose the 66,000 contacts that had interacted with the hardware wallet maker’s customer support since December 2021 to potential phishing attacks. ...

Iranian crypto trading platform Bit24.cash has apparently inadvertently exposed the sensitive data of nearly 230,000 users , according to recent research. According to an investigation conducted by Cybernews, the Iranian crypto exchange Bit24.cash misconfigured a high-performance object storage system instance, inadvertently granting access to cloud storage containers containing the platform’s Know Your Customer (KYC) data. The researchers learned that approximately 230,000 Iranian citizens have fallen victim to a misconfiguration, which led to the exposure of their written consent to regulations, along with sensitive details such as passports, IDs, and credit cards. In a commentary to Cybernews, a spokesperson for Bit24.cash called the claims “inaccurate and misleading,” emphasizing that there is no evidence of a data breach or unauthorized access to sensitive user information. You might also like: Israel seized crypto worth millions of dollars from accoun...

Troubled crypto exchange Binance has pledged to airdrop up to $3 million worth of its BNB token to users affected by the earthquake in Morocco and up to $500,000 in BNB to those living in areas impacted by the floods in Libya — but some aid experts say that it screams marketing ploy rather than genuine disaster relief. In two separate press releases, Binance pledged to airdrop $100 worth of BNB to those who have already completed proof of address (POA) checks in Libya and Morocco. Only Binance users identified as living in areas affected by the natural disasters will be eligible — those who provide POA afterwards will receive $25 in BNB, and all active users will be airdropped $10 in the native token. According to Binance, this POA method “has its limitations and inaccuracies,” however it’s “the best method we have available to us to locate potentially impacted users.” The crypto exchange, currently embroiled in regulatory probes across the g...