BTC-Alpha data breach: 362K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2022-01-27
In November 2021, the crypto exchange platform BTC-Alpha suffered a ransomware attack data breach after which customer data was publicly dumped. The impacted data included 362k email and IP addresses, usernames and passwords stored as PBKDF2 hashes. Exposed data: email addresses, ip addresses, passwords, usernames. The breach dates from Nov 2, 2021; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Jan 27, 2022.
What to do
- If you had a BTC-Alpha account, change its password and the password of any other account that reused it.
- Turn on multi-factor authentication wherever it is offered.
- Check whether your addresses are in this breach at https://haveibeenpwned.com.
- Expect targeted phishing that quotes the leaked details; verify any unexpected contact out of band.
Sources
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