Hacked data from many users on multiple major world crypto exchanges, is being sold on the darknet market named ‘’Dread’’ by a user called ‘’ExploitDOT’’ who claims to have the information from the know-your-customer data so we are taking a closer look in our crypto news below.
The hacker placed an ad online last year in July where he claims to have hacked the KYC documents such as identity cards, driver’s licenses and other info from a few exchanges including Poloniex, Bitfinex, Binance, and Bittrex.
Each piece of information is for sale at $10 including 100 documents and for those who want to buy in bulk, there is even a discount. The ad is still online and running.
An expert in cybersecurity pointed out that he tried to contact the individual who posted the ad and posed as a buyer and was even able to get samples as proof that the documents are there and legitimate. He got pictures of people holding a piece of paper and on the paper was the name of a certain exchange with the date right below when the picture was taken.
The security expert had an exchange with Binance via email where documents couldn’t be verified one by one and there are some inconsistencies between the data that was presented and the samples he hacker offered.
Binance’s spokesperson noted that they have a few theories in regards how the information got out but claiming that there hasn’t been any unauthorized access to their system found.
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