TLDR South Korean exchange Bithumb is investigating a data leak after its in-house mobile work system was hacked. The exchange discovered the breach on Tuesday and notified the Korea Internet & Security Agency and the Personal Information Protection Commission the same day. Bithumb says the internal system is separate from its trading platform, so customer assets cannot be accessed through this breach.
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CoinGape: South Korea’s second-largest crypto exchange confirmed a Bithumb data breach on October 28, revealing that unauthorized external access had compromised its internal mobile groupware system a day earlier. The breach targeted Daou Office, an outsourced employee messaging platform. Bithumb has reported the incident to the Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA) and the Personal Information
Cointelegraph: The breach impacted its in-house mobile system, used by employees for work and information sharing.
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