Bithumb hacked through employee system as South Korean financial firms face cyberattacks
Source: CoinDesk ·
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The breach hit an internal employee system that Bithumb says is separate from its trading platform, while the exchange is still determining whether customer information was exposed. Bithumb, South Korea’s second-largest crypto exchange, said earlier Wednesday an outsider broke into the internal mobile system its employees use to work and message each other and that personal information was taken. No crypto funds were reported lost as of Asian afternoon hours. Bithumb is the second-largest exchange in South Korea by trading volumes. The exchange found the intrusion on Tuesday and reported to the Korea Internet & Security Agency and the Personal Information Protection Commission, according to Korean media. It told Yonhap it was analyzing the exact scope, “including the possibility of member information being involved.” It said the breached system runs separately from its trading platform, so “customer virtual assets cannot be accessed through this breach.” It has not said whether…