6444 Users' Information Leaked, Bithumb Says Data of 5,600 Users Unreadable

Odaily: Bithumb has issued an announcement providing an update on the hacking incident: On October 27, unauthorized external parties gained abnormal access to its internal mobile office system Daou Office, resulting in the leakage of information belonging to 6,444 users. Among them, the information of 5,600 individuals was encrypted and unreadable, while actually readable information involved 844 people; in addition, the information of 715 employees and partner personnel was also leaked. The leaked information includes names, mobile phone numbers, email addresses, resident registration numbers, driver's license numbers, bank account numbers, and copies of ID cards. The system is separate from exchange account and asset information, and no direct intrusion into the trading system or customer database has been found so far. Bithumb has blocked access, suspended the relevant system, and reported the incident, while strengthening real-time monitoring of abnormal transactions and withdrawals, and is analyzing the specific scope of the leak.