March 19, 2024

Exchange Coinsquare revealed the leakage of customer data

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Exchange Coinsquare revealed the leakage of customer data

A major Canadian crypto exchange reported that users' assets are safe and it is likely that attackers did not use personal data.

Coinsquare on Saturday, November 26, sentan email to customers reporting a “data incident” in which “an unauthorized third party gained access to a customer database containing personal information.” The exchange team clarified that the attackers gained access to “customer names, email addresses, residential addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, device IDs, public wallet addresses, transaction histories and account balances”:

“The passwords were not revealed. We have no evidence that the attacker viewed this information."

Last week Coinsquare suspendedactivity on its platform following the discovery of a vulnerability that sparked speculation about possible liquidity issues given the collapse of the multi-billion dollar crypto exchange FTX in early November. Full service on the Coinsquare platform was restored on Friday, November 25th.

“We reiterate that 100% of customer funds are held securely in cold storage and are not used for commercial activities,” the exchange said upon resumption of operations.

In March, the BlockFi cryptocurrency service announcedhacking of servers of the partner company Hubspot and leakage of personal data. The company reported that the assets of users and the systems of the site itself are safe.